契 – pledge, promise, vow

9 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#898 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 契 means pledge, promise, vow. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ケイ (kei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちぎ.る (chigiru). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 大 (no. 37).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ケイ	kei
Kun’yomi	ちぎ.る	chigiru

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 大 (Kangxi radical 37). Components: 大・土・刀・亠・二.

Words using 契

契約けいやくcontract契機けいきopportunity

Example sentences

契約はかなりいいかげんなものだった。

The contract was rather loose.

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退職を契機に茶道を始めた。

I took the opportunity of retirement to begin studying the tea ceremony.

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Kanji with the same radical

大夫失天太央奪奥奏奇奨奮奉奢

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