假借字 jiǎ jiè zì

phonetic loan character in Chinese

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书liù shū of forming Chinese characters)
  2. 2. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
  3. 3. also called phonetic loan

Characters

Character Meaning
假 jiǎ HSK 3
fake; false; artificial
借 jiè HSK 3
to borrow; to lend; by means of
字 zì HSK 1
character; symbol; word