# 借 — Borrow

Frequency rank 858 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 納 (Supply), less common than 契 (Pledge).

- On’yomi: しゃく
- Kun’yomi: か
- Radical: 人 Person (Kangxi 9)
- Frequency path: Level VII of XX

A leader on the left meets long ago on the right — the leader asks to borrow something from long ago, a relic from ancient times.

In words:

- 借りる かりる — to borrow
- 借り かり — borrowing;debt;loan
- 借金 しゃっきん — debt,loan,liabilities

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