借字

jièzì
see 通假字 tōngjiǎzì

CEDICT

  1. (linguistics) phonetic loan character; word that takes another's meaning
  2. phonetic loan character; word that takes another's meaning
  3. to use one character interchangeably for phonetically related characters

Wiktionary

  1. 以同音字或近音字通用假借。参见「通假」条。
  2. 借贷财物的凭证，由出借人保存。也作「借据」、「借券」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 以同音或近音的汉字假借
  2. 与某一汉字同音或近音的字，假借来表达其意思

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 借 jiè
  1. to borrow
  2. (used in combination with 给 gěi or 出 chū etc) to lend
  3. to make use of; to avail oneself of
  4. (sometimes followed by 着 zhe) by; with
=1 借 jiè variant of 借 jiè
2 字 zì
  1. letter
  2. symbol
  3. character
  4. word
  5. courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

classifier: 個

Containing this entry

借字儿 jièzìr
  1. IOU
  2. receipt for a loan