懂中文 Dong Chinese

債

zhài

debt

A person's 亻 duty 責; 責 also provides the pronunciation

Components
亻 meaning component

亻  Meaning component

rén

  

person

責 sound,meaning component

責  Sound Meaning component

zé

  

responsibility

Evolution

債 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
債 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

债 (債) 

zhài

debt, loan, liabilities; debt; CL:筆|笔[bǐ]

Most common words with 債
Freq.
Word
Meaning

债

debt

债务

debt

债券

bond

国债

national debt

负债

to be in debt