Zi:借
借 [jiè] borrow/lend money (借贷); lend/loan (出借, 借给); 借书证 library card; 假借 loan character; help; esteem/praise; rely/depend; (HDZ:) …
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²jiè 借 {A} v. ①borrow ‖ Wọ̌ xiǎng gēn nǐ ∼ diǎnr qián. 我想跟你∼点儿钱。 I'd like to borrow some money from you. ②lend ‖ Zhèi běn shū néng ∼ wǒ kànkan ma? 这本书能∼我看看吗? Can you lend me the book? ③make use of; take advantage of (an opportunity/etc.) ④use as a pretext ◆conj. if; supposing ◆cons. ∼ A zhī ¹biàn take advantage of the convenient fact that A
The Shuōwén Seal form of 借(𠎥) jiè ‘borrow/lend’ (假借) combines 亻(人 rén) ‘person’, and 昔(㫺) xī ‘old/former’ (phonosemantic); that which is lent/borrowed belongs to a former possessor.
Note: DYC comments that 借(𠎥) was originally missing from the Tang text of SW (XK), but added later to the Song text (XX); this addition was thought warranted since 假借 is one of the 六書 categories discussed in the SW postface, but perhaps it was spelt differently in E. Hàn times.
Compare: 耤(𦔡), 藉(); 諎(唶); cf. 假(徦), formerly wr. 叚().
Compare: 惜(𢡽) xī ‘feel sorry/pity, treasure/cherish’.
HDZ: 借 : jiè : 暂时使用属于他人的人、财或物品 (假借); 把属于自己的人、财、物暂时给别人使用; 帮助; 推重, 赞许; 凭借, 依靠 (cf. 耤, 藉); 假托, 借口 (借故, 借端, 借题发挥); (连词) 假使, 假设; 惜 (xī)
HDC: 假借 : 借; 凭借, 借助; 借助他力或凭借势力; 授予, 给予; 宽假, 宽容; 区别, 差别; 假托, 假冒; (六书) 六书之一, 本无其字而依声托事
►references: Guǎngyùn:423.13,516.31; Karlgren:AD777,GSR798u; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.171.5; Mathews:765; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:108.10; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:159.0.04; EDOC:1
►components: 亻昔
►Cantonese: je-
Shuōwén: (𠎥)
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