Chinese symbol for “leniency”
贷
dài
Traditional: 貸
to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency
The closest CC-CEDICT match for leniency is 贷 (dài), defined as: to lend on interest; to borrow; a loan; leniency; to make excuses; to pardon.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 贷.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贷款 (貸款) | dài kuǎn | a loan; 笔 (bǐ) |
| 信贷 (信貸) | xìn dài | credit; borrowed money |
| 借贷 (借貸) | jiè dài | to borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet |
| 房贷 (房貸) | fáng dài | home loan |
| 高利贷 (高利貸) | gāo lì dài | high-interest loan; usury |
| 放贷 (放貸) | fàng dài | to provide loans |
See also: Japanese symbol for “leniency”.
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.