貸

貸 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人心月山金 (OPBUC) or 難人心月山 (XOPBU), four-corner 2380₆, composition ⿱代貝)

1. lend
2. borrow
3. pardon

• 蟘, 𧹋

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1206, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36709
• Dae Jaweon: page 1670, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3634, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8CB8

Historical forms of the character 貸
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *l̥ʰɯːɡs) : semantic 貝 (“shell”) + phonetic 代 (OC *l'ɯːɡs). The character originally conveyed the meaning of "to give" or "to bestow," and later came to be used with the meaning of "to lend."^[1]

貸

1. to lend
2. to borrow
3. (law, banking, finance) loan
4. (literary, or in compounds) to forgive; to pardon
5. (literary, or in compounds) to evade; to shirk (responsibility)

• (to lend): 借出 (jièchū)
• (to lend): 借入 (jièrù)
• (to forgive):

• (to evade):

貸

1. Alternative form of 忒
2. Alternative form of 貣／𰷞 (tè)

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. to lend

• Go-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: たい (tai, Jōyō)
• On: とく (toku)
• Kun: かす (kasu, 貸す, Jōyō)

• 貸(か)す (kasu)

貸 (eumhun 빌릴 특 (billil teuk))
貸 (eumhun 빌릴 대 (billil dae))

1. hanja form^? of 특/대 (“lend”)
2. hanja form^? of 특/대 (“borrow”)
3. hanja form^? of 특/대 (“pardon”)

貸: Hán Nôm readings: thải, thãi, thảy, thẩy

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