# 貸 lend

代 (generation / instead of) + 貝 (shellfish/money)
★★★☆☆
12 strokes

## Onyomi

TAI | Can you lend me some money to go to THAILAND?

## Mnemonic

| The older generation lends money to the younger.

## Kunyomi

か*す | lend, or rent, which is kind of fucked up that they use the same word for a generous act and a usorious one. ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

xxx 貸(かし) | rental ★★☆☆☆ SUF NOKURI SUFFIX、usually found on store signs, meaning 'rental': room for rent, parking space for rent, etc.(FP;note how the last "shi" is pronounced but not written. )
賃貸(ちんたい) | rental ☆☆☆☆☆ 賃 (rent money) + 貸 (lend) = 賃貸 (rental)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
賃 | rent money | RESPONSIBILITY | 任
貸 | lend | GENERATION | 代
貨 | cargo | HEELS |

It's my RESPONSIBILITY to pay rent,

but the older GENERATION won't lend me a CENT.

I got to rob a cargo truck full of pork HEELS.