假借义 jiǎ jiè yì

DEFINITIONS

  1. the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字[jia3 jie4 zi4] acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而[er2] originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")

CHARACTERS

假 jiǎ
HSK 3
falsehood, deception; vacation
借 jiè
HSK 3
borrow; lend; make pretext of
义 yì
HSK 5
right conduct, righteousness