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Kanji Detail for 契 - "to pledge, contract"

契

  • Meaning

    契 means "to pledge, contract." Also associated with to carve.

    1. To pledge - To make a firm promise.

    2. Contract - Promise; vow; agreement.

    3. To carve - To engrave; to inscribe.

    4. Tally - Seal; token; mark.

    5. To struggle - To toil and suffer; to worry.

    6. Long absence - Not meeting for a long time.

  • Words using 契

    • 契約 けいやく Listen contract; compact; agreement
    • 契機 けいき Listen opportunity; chance; trigger
    • 契約書 けいやくしょ Listen (written) contract; agreement

  • Tattoo check: 契

    • Verified meaning: to pledge, contract
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read けい, ちぎり, ひさし)
    • Also carries these associations: to carve

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 契

    Given names 契(けい)Listen 契(ちぎり)Listen 契(ひさし)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pledge; promise; vow

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    deed, contract, bond; engrave

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    deed, bond, contract; to engrave

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    An agreement. Written documents for contracts. Such as 契據, 文契. | To match. Like today's contracts. Contracts have left and right halves; each party holds one to establish trust. | Spiritual harmony. Minds agreeing is called 相契. | A person's name. One of Shun's five ministers. The ancestor of the Shang dynasty. | 契闘: Hardship. See (Book of Odes). Also, separation. Now friends being apart is also called 契闊. From (Book of Han). | 契丹: A tribal name. Since the Later Wei, they nomaded around the upper Liao River. At the end of Tang, the Yelü clan became powerful and made Khitan their state name. Later changed to Liao.

  • Onyomi

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    kei(ケイ) ケイ

  • Kunyomi

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    chigi.ru(ちぎ-る) ちぎ-る

  • Strokes

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    9 strokes

  • Radical

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    大 (dai)

  • Related Keywords

    to pledge contract to carve engrave oath vow tally strive suffer bill of exchange long absence agreement bond covenant commitment pact obligation alliance

Sentences including 契

  • That's against the contract.

  • He signed on for another year.

  • She is engaged in writing a book.

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