Kanji N1

債: bond, loan, debt

債 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning bond, loan, debt, written with 13 strokes. It is read サイ (on), and has no common kun reading. It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 負債 (ふさい, debt) and 国債 (こくさい, national debt).

債

Meanings

  • bond
  • loan
  • debt
Strokes13
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#728 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • サイ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 債

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 負債ふさい

    debt; liabilities

    JLPT N1
  • 国債こくさい

    national debt; national securities

  • 債権さいけん

    credit; claim

  • 債務さいむ

    debt; liabilities

  • 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

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.