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假借字

Mandarin · pinyin jiǎ jiè zì

loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書 of forming Chinese characters)
character acquiring meanings by phonetic association
also called phonetic loan

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假: jiǎ · falsehood, deception; vacation
借: jiè · borrow; lend; make pretext of
字: zì · letter, character, word

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3–4–4 · jia3 jie4 zi4

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