假借字 jiǎ jiè zì

DEFINITIONS

  1. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 of forming Chinese characters)
  2. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
  3. also called phonetic loan

CHARACTERS

假 jiǎ
HSK 3
falsehood, deception; vacation
借 jiè
HSK 3
borrow; lend; make pretext of
字 zì
HSK 1
letter, character, word