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假借

jiǎ jiè

2-character word

What 假借 means

1. to make use of
2. to use sth as pretext
3. under false pretenses
4. under the guise of
5. masquerading as
6. lenient
7. tolerant
8. loan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)
9. character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
10. also called phonetic loan

The characters in 假借

• 假jiǎfake; false; artificial
• 借jièto borrow; (used in combination with 给; to make use of; to avail oneself of

Words starting with 假借

• 假借字jiǎ jiè zìloan character (one of the Six Methods 六书 of forming Chinese characters)…
• 假借义jiǎ jiè yìthe meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字