Memory phrase for the character: 贷

贷

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Meaning

to borrow, loan, credit, to make excuses

Pronunciation

dài

Explanation

 Top: generation 代 (The person 亻 passes on a saber 弋 to the next generation.), bottom: money 贝/貝

Mnemonic
 
Since generations you have money, borrow me sth.

Radicals

代 generation
贝 shell, moneyThis is simplified from 貝, which showed a cowries-shell 目 with two feelers/antennas 八 that was used as money.




 Vocabulary

信贷 xìn dài  credit; borrowed money
贷款 dài kuǎn  a loan; to provide a loan (e.g. bank)
贷款 dài kuǎn  

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