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契 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「大」

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3Junior high level ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「大」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
ちぎ.るchigi.ru
Meaning
pledge; contract

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

With a notch cut as a mark of promise — to pledge, a contract.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei契約けいやく契機けいき黙契もっけい
Kunちぎるchigiru契るちぎる契りちぎり

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 契約けいやく

    contract

  • 契機けいき

    turning point; trigger

More words with this kanji

  • 鴛鴦の契りえんおうのちぎり

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

部屋(へや)の契約(けいやく)を更新(こうしん)した。

I renewed the lease on the room.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

契機契約契機machin…約promis…奪seize大big天heaven夬to dec…夫husban…刑punish…掲put up掛hang啓enligh…携carry
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 大Map of reading ケイAll maps

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