借

Meaning

Borrow, rent · pedir prestado, alquilar

Readings

• On (音読み): シャク
• Kun (訓読み): か.りる

Example words

• 借りる（かりる）— to borrow; to rent
• 借金（しゃっきん）— debt
• 貸し借り（かしかり）— lending and borrowing

Structure

Radical 人 written as 亻 here (ひと・にんべん · Person) · 10 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

Spanish has no one-word borrow (pedir prestado), so learners reach for 貸す for everything: 借りる = I receive, 貸す = I give. The lender takes に or から: 友達に本を借りる. Also to rent as a tenant: アパートを借りる (alquilar). 借金 is しゃっきん — シャク + キン squeezes to っ.