債
債 — Bond
bond, loan, debt
On’yomiサイ (sai)
Kun’yomi—
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 債
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 国債 | こくさい kokusai | national debt; national securities; government bonds |
| 債権 | さいけん saiken | credit; claim |
| 債務 | さいむ saimu | debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual) |
| 債 | さい sai | debt; loan |
| 債券 | さいけん saiken | bond; debenture |
| 負債 | ふさい fusai | debt; liabilities |
Study notes
債 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #728 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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