漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
債: bond, loan
Also: debt
JLPT N113 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 責 gives the sound
13 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
サイsai · on'yomi · in compounds
- 債さいdebt; loan
- 国債こくさいnational debt; national securities
- 債権さいけんcredit; claim
- 債務さいむdebt; liabilities
- 債券さいけんbond; debenture
- 負債ふさいdebt; liabilities
- 社債しゃさいcorporate bond; corporate debenture
- 公債こうさいpublic debt; public bond
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSimplified 债 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhài
Japan keeps the traditional form 債; mainland China simplifies it to 债.
- Simplified
- 债 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 債 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhài most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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