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Chinese symbol for “lend”

出借
chū jiè
to lend; to put out a loan

The closest CC-CEDICT match for lend is 出借 (chū jiè), defined as: to lend; to put out a loan.

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Characters and stroke order

出 chū
to go out, to send out; stand; produce
radical 17 ⼐ · 5 strokes
借 jiè
to borrow; to lend; excuse, pretext
radical 9 ⼈ · 10 strokes

Other Chinese words for “lend”

WordPinyinMeaning
借出jiè chūto lend
外借wài jièto lend (sth other than money); to borrow

Related words

Other words that share a character with 出借.

WordPinyinMeaning
出现 (出現)chū xiànto appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
出来 (出來)chū láito come out; to appear
提出tí chūto raise (an issue); to propose
指出zhǐ chūto indicate; to point out
出版chū bǎnto publish
借口jiè kǒuto use as an excuse; excuse; pretext
凭借 (憑借)píng jièto rely on; to depend on
借款jiè kuǎnto lend money; to borrow money

See also: Japanese symbol for “lend”.

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.