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Kotomora

債

bond, loan, debt

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • サイ

Kun'yomi

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Meaning

債 centers on a financial obligation: a debt, a loan, or a bond that must be repaid. All three meanings are different forms of the same idea of owing something.

Most common words using 債

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  • 債務さいむ

    debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

  • 債権さいけん

    credit; claim

  • 負債ふさい
    N1

    debt; liabilities

  • 国債こくさい

    national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities

  • 債さい

    debt; loan

  • 債券さいけん

    bond; debenture

  • 社債しゃさい

    corporate bond; corporate debenture

  • 公債こうさい

    public debt; public bond; government securities

  • 起債きさい

    issuing of bonds

  • 外債がいさい

    foreign loan; foreign debt; foreign bond

  • 割引債わりびきさい

    discount bond

  • 公社債こうしゃさい

    public bonds

  • 募債ぼさい

    raising of a loan; loan floatation

  • 利付債りつきさい

    interest-bearing bond

  • イスラム債イスラムさい

    Islamic bond; sukuk

  • インフレ連動債インフレれんどうさい

    inflation-indexed bonds; inflation-linked bonds

  • ギルト債ギルトさい

    gilt-edged security; gilt-edged bond

  • コンソル公債コンソルこうさい

    consolidated annuities; consols

  • サムライ債サムライさい

    samurai bond; yen-denominated loan

  • ジャンク債ジャンクさい

    junk bond; junk bonds

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Etymology

債 combines 亻 (person) with 責, which likely contributes both sound and the idea of responsibility or obligation. Together they suggest a person bearing a debt.

Meaning mnemonic

A person 亻 beside 責 (responsibility) shows someone who owes a debt or must repay a loan.

Reading mnemonic

For サイ, imagine a sighing debtor: sigh -> サイ, as the person 亻 sighs under the weight of 責 (debt).