Kanji: 借 borrow

JLPT N4 | 10 Strokes

Kanji Parts: 

• 亻 person [variation of 人]
• 廾 twenty (two tens 十); the H-shaped radical
• 一 one
• 日 sun; day

Mnemonic Story: 

A person 亻 has to borrow one 一 twenty 廾 dollar bill for a day 日.

Stroke Order:

Examples:

• 借金【しゃっきん】 debt; loan; borrowing money
• 借り手【かりて】 borrower; debtor; tenant
• 猫の手も借りたい【ねこのてもかりたい】 extremely busy; wanting even the help of a cat

とても忙(いそが)しいので、猫(ねこ)の手(て)も借(か)りたい気分(きぶん)だ。

I'm so busy, I feel I could even use the help of a cat.

• とても very
• 忙しい busy
• ので because of that
• 猫の手 hand (paw) of a cat
• も even
• 借りたい want to borrow
• 気分 feeling