Hanja Analyzer
債

債 — chae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
빚 채
Romanization
chae
English
debt, loan, liabilities
Mandarin
zhài
Japanese on'yomi
サイ, サク, シャ, シャク
Japanese kun'yomi
かり
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#728 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
人 (9, 11 residual)
Phonetic component
責
Unicode
U+50B5

Parts that make up 債

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 責 꾸짖을 책, 꾸짖을 채sound 빚을 따져 묻는 모양‘책·적’ 계열의 소리

How 債 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 債 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 責.

Korean example words with 債

  • 관채官債 Korean gloss: 관에 진 빚
  • 의채醫債 Korean gloss: 약값이나 치료비
  • 주채酒債 Korean gloss: 술값으로 진 빚
  • 채전債錢 Korean gloss: 남에게 빚진 돈
  • 채득債得 Korean gloss: 남에게서 빚을 얻음
  • 농채農債 Korean gloss: 농사짓는 일로 진 빚
  • 상채喪債 Korean gloss: 상사를 치르면서 진 빚
  • 채주債主 Korean gloss: 남에게 돈을 빌려준 사람
  • 혼채婚債 Korean gloss: 혼인을 치르느라고 진 빚
  • 과채科債 Korean gloss: 과거를 보기 위하여 진 빚
  • 채금債金 Korean gloss: 돈을 꾸어 옴. 또는 그 돈
  • 부채負債 Korean gloss: 남에게 빚을 짐. 또는 그 빚

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 債

  • 国債こくさい national debt; national securities; government bonds
  • 債権さいけん credit; claim
  • 債務さいむ debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
  • 債さい debt; loan
  • 債券さいけん bond; debenture
  • 負債ふさい debt; liabilities
  • 社債しゃさい corporate bond; corporate debenture
  • 割引債わりびきさい discount bond
  • 公債こうさい public debt; public bond; government securities
  • 公社債こうしゃさい public bonds
  • 起債きさい issuing of bonds
  • 外債がいさい foreign loan; foreign debt; foreign bond

Characters sharing the phonetic 責

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “채”

Other hanja with radical 人

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