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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: にんべん

Meaning: man, human

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

する(はいしゃくする)   borrow [hum.]

金(しゃっきん)   debt

家(しゃくや)   rented house

りる(かりる)   borrow

Onyomi Examples

シャクヤ house for rent, rented house, renting a house

シャクチ leased land

チンシャク hiring, renting, leasing

賃貸 チンタイシャク renting, leasing

Kunyomi Examples

りる かりる to borrow, to have a loan, to rent, to hire

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