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假借字

jiǎ jiè zìdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-498fdc631d3f859a. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

假借字 假借字 [jia3 jie4 zi4] /loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)/character acquiring meanings by phonetic association/also called phonetic loan/

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Reference information

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Character information

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  • 假
    gēi

    used in 假掰[gēi bāi]

    jiǎ

    fake / false / artificial / to borrow / if / suppose / to borrow (variant of 假[jiǎ])

    jià

    vacation

  • 借
    jiè

    to borrow / (used in combination with 給|给[gěi] or 出[chū] etc) to lend / to make use of / to avail oneself of / (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe]) by / with

  • 字
    zì

    letter / symbol / character / word / CL:個|个[gè] / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.