Chinese Character Wiki

貰

shì

borrow

Evolution

貰 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貰 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
貰 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貰 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

贳 (貰) 

shì

borrow; pardon; loan; to borrow; to buy on credit; to rent out

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[l̥][a]p-s

syejH

shì

lend, borrow


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6977th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

贳

Unicode

U+8CB0

Shuowen

“貰，貸也。从貝，世聲。”


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