借字

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Chinese

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to lend; to borrow; excuse
to lend; to borrow; excuse; pretext; by means of
 
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
simp. and trad.
(借字)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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借字

  1. (linguistics) phonetic loan character; word that takes another's meaning

Synonyms

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Verb

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借字

  1. to use one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters