貸 lend

代 (generation / instead of) + 貝 (shellfish/money)
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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.
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Jukugo

xxx 貸(かし)

rental ★★☆☆☆ SUFNOKURI

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.