to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.
variant of 借[jie4]

= + : Rosa Luxemburg (亻) and Joan of Arc (ji) are enjoying milkshakes (昔) in the elevator's bathroom (e4). To let each other taste the other's milkshake, they lend (借) them each other.

借 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

= + : Mnemonic symbol: From 奶昔, milkshake

In former times (昔), at the end of the day the sun (日) used to go down in a well (井) in front of the space station (Ø1). Xi Shi (xi) made the sun go out by pouring a milk shake (mnemonic symbol for 昔) over it.

Characters with 借 as component

借 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 借

to rely on / to depend on / by means of / thanks to / sth that one relies on
to rent / to lease
to make (or take out) a short-term loan
to borrow money for a short time
to borrow money
return what you borrowed on time, you may borrow again next time (idiom)
concession (territory)
to put to a different use / to borrow / (linguistics) borrowing
see 有借有還,再借不難|有借有还,再借不难[you3 jie4 you3 huan2 , zai4 jie4 bu4 nan2]
to look for a pretext

Sentences with 借

nǎ
pà
jiè
bù
dào
yi̅
jiàn
hé
yòng
de
bi̅ng
qì
ne