Chinese Word: 假借义 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

假 jiǎ 借 jiè 义 yì (Trad.: 假借義)

the meaning of a phonetic loan character 假借字 acquired from a similar-sounding word (e.g. 而 originally meant "beard" but acquired the meaning "and")

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