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Chinese symbol for “loan”

贷款
dài kuǎn
Traditional: 貸款
a loan; 笔 (bǐ); to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for loan is 贷款 (dài kuǎn), defined as: a loan; 笔 (bǐ); to provide a loan (e.g. bank); to raise a loan (from e.g. a bank).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

贷 dài
to borrow; to lend; to pardon
radical 154 ⾙ · 9 strokes
款 kuǎn
funds, payment; item, article
radical 76 ⽋ · 12 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “loan”

WordPinyinMeaning
借款jiè kuǎnto lend money; to borrow money
贷 (貸)dàito lend on interest; to borrow

Related words

Other words that share a character with 贷款.

WordPinyinMeaning
信贷 (信貸)xìn dàicredit; borrowed money
借贷 (借貸)jiè dàito borrow or lend money; debit and credit items on a balance sheet
房贷 (房貸)fáng dàihome loan
高利贷 (高利貸)gāo lì dàihigh-interest loan; usury
放贷 (放貸)fàng dàito provide loans
条款 (條款)tiáo kuǎnclause (of contract or law); 项 (xiàng)
罚款 (罰款)fá kuǎnto fine; penalty
存款cún kuǎnto deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings

See also: Japanese symbol for “loan”.

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.

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