借家 （シャクヤ） house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借地 （シャクチ） leased land
賃借 （チンシャク） hiring, renting, leasing
賃貸借 （チンタイシャク） renting, leasing
Kunyomi Examples
借りる （かりる） to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔 （かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお） people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama
Kanji
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 4
JLPT level: N4
932 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: borrow, rent
Kunyomi: か.りる
Onyomi: シャク
Composition: 亻 昔
借
Radical
Radical: 人
Reading: にんべん
Meaning: man, human
Strokes: 2
人
Examples
Examples with audio
拝借する（はいしゃくする）borrow [hum.]
借金（しゃっきん）debt
借家（しゃくや）rented house
借りる（かりる）borrow
Onyomi Examples
借家 （シャクヤ） house for rent, rented house, renting a house
借地 （シャクチ） leased land
賃借 （チンシャク） hiring, renting, leasing
賃貸借 （チンタイシャク） renting, leasing
Kunyomi Examples
借りる （かりる） to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire
借りる時の地蔵顔、なす時の閻魔顔 （かりるときのじぞうがおなすときのえんまがお） people look friendly when they ask for a loan but not so much when they repay it, when borrowing (the money), the face of the (bodhisattva) Kshitigarbha; when returning it, the face of the (hell king) Yama