tōng​jiè

phonetic loan

  • created sense approved 通借 · tōng​jiè · phonetic loan — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    通借

    tōng​jiè

    phonetic loan

    to use a character with the same sound for another, occurring in ancient Chinese texts

    通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to connect 借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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