誓 – vow, swear, pledge

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The kanji 誓 means vow, swear, pledge. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ (sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is ちか.う (chikau). It is written with 14 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	ちか.う	chikau

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: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: 斤・言・扎.

Words using 誓

誓うちかうto swear

Example sentences

君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。

You should swear on the Bible.

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Kanji with the same radical

議言調話設記認論計談語証説護警訪

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