贷dài
to borrow; to lend; to pardon. 9 strokes, radical 贝, first met in HSK 5.
Pinyin dàiStrokes 9Radical 贝Band HSK 5Words 1
How to write 贷
Strokes 1–5 write 代, then strokes 6–9 write 贝.
Free, with no account: the app draws each stroke, then you write it and it says which stroke went wrong.
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for 贷 · the stroke-order rules
What 贷 is made of
代 (dài, era) and 贝 (bèi, sea shell).
贝 carries the meaning — money — and 代 carries the sound.
Words that use 贷
| 贷款 | loan; to take out a loan 指向银行等机构借来待还的钱 老李向银行申请了一笔贷款。Old Li applied to the bank for a loan. Lesson 410, 托付坚毅 · 权变谋断与山川定序 · Resourcefulness & Territorial Order |
Characters that share the sound part 代
Written with the same phonetic, so their readings tend to rhyme with each other.
More characters with the radical 贝
All 27 of them, and what the radical means, on the 贝 radical page.