Chinese symbol for “debit”

借记

jiè jì

Traditional: 借記

to debit

The closest CC-CEDICT match for debit is 借记 (jiè jì), defined as: to debit.

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Characters and stroke order

借 jiè

to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext

radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes

记 jì

mark, sign; to note, to record

radical 149 ⾔ · 5 strokes

Traditional forms

記 jì

Related words

Other words that share a character with 借记.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
借口	jiè kǒu	to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
凭借 (憑借)	píng jiè	to rely on; to depend on
借款	jiè kuǎn	to lend money; to borrow money
借助	jiè zhù	to draw support from; with the help of
借鉴 (借鑒)	jiè jiàn	to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things)
借贷 (借貸)	jiè dài	to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
记者 (記者)	jì zhě	reporter; journalist; 个 (gè)
记录 (記錄)	jì lù	to record; record (esp. a written account)

See also: Japanese symbol for “debit”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.