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。參見「通假」條。
  2. 借貸財物的憑證，由出借人保存。也作「借據」、「借券」。

重編國語辭典

  1. 以同音或近音的漢字假借
  2. 與某一漢字同音或近音的字，假借來表達其意思

維基詞典

Entry Composition

=1 借 jiè
  1. to borrow
  2. (used in combination with 給 gěi or 出 chū etc) to lend
  3. to make use of; to avail oneself of
  4. (sometimes followed by 著 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

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