Japanese symbol for “leasehold”

借地権

しゃくちけん

Romaji: shakuchiken

lease; leasehold; land-lease rights

In Japanese, leasehold is 借地権, read しゃくちけん (shakuchiken).

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Meanings

n lease; leasehold; land-lease rights

Kanji and stroke order

借

borrow, rent

on: シャク
kun: か.りる

10 strokes · JLPT 3

地

ground, earth

on: チ、ジ

6 strokes · JLPT 3

権

authority, power, rights

on: ケン、ゴン
kun: おもり、かり、はか.る

15 strokes · JLPT 2

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
借金	しゃっきん shakkin	debt; loan; liabilities
借り	かり kari	borrowing; debt; loan
借りる	かりる kariru	to borrow
貸借	たいしゃく taishaku	loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing
賃借	ちんしゃく chinshaku	renting; rental; hiring
拝借	はいしゃく haishaku	borrowing
地域	ちいき chiiki	area; region; district
地球	ちきゅう chikyuu	Earth; the globe
権利	けんり kenri	right; privilege

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.