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借 — to borrow; to lend; to make use of

to borrow; to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of

Pinyin
jiè
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 借: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

借 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 借 in the HSK syllabus: 7

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 借jièto borrow; to lendHSK 3
  2. 凭借píngjièto rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks toHSK 5
  3. 借鉴jièjiànto draw on; to learn from; lesson to be learnedHSK 6
  4. 借助jièzhùto draw support from; with the help ofHSK 6
  5. 借口jièkǒuto use as an excuse; excuse; pretextHSK 7–9
  6. 借条jiètiáoreceipt for a loan; IOUHSK 7–9
  7. 借用jièyòngto borrow sth for another useHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.