I must repay the debt.
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债
Traditional: 債
zhài
HSK 3.0 · 6
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zhài · zaai3 (Jyutping)
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Character breakdown
债
- Meaning
- debt, loan, liabilities
- Radical
- 亻
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- ⿰亻责
- Cangjie
- OQMO
- Four-corner
- 2528
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Example sentences
He is up to his ears in debt.
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