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契

契

Translingual

Shinjitai 契
Simplified 契
Traditional 栔

Han character

契 (radical 37 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手竹大 (QHK), four-corner 57432, composition ⿱㓞大)

  1. deed, contract, bond
  2. engrave

References

  • KangXi: page 251, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5917
  • Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 536, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+5951

Chinese

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 契 契 契
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Initial (聲) 溪 (29) 溪 (29) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 齊 (39) 迄 (58) 屑 (87)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) IV III IV
Fanqie 苦計切 去迄切 苦結切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰeiH/ /kʰɨt̚/ /kʰet̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰeiH/ /kʰɨt̚/ /kʰet̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɛiH/ /kʰiət̚/ /kʰɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɛjH/ /kʰɨt̚/ /kʰɛt̚/
Li
Rong		 /kʰeiH/ /kʰiət̚/ /kʰet̚/
Wang
Li		 /kʰieiH/ /kʰĭət̚/ /kʰiet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰieiH/ /kʰi̯ət̚/ /kʰiet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qì qi qie
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 契 契 契
Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qì qiè qiè
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khejH › ‹ khet › ‹ khet ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[kʰ]ˤet-s/ /*kʰˤet/ /*kʰˤet/
English script notches 契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4) cut

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 契 契 契 契
Reading # 1/4 2/4 3/4 4/4
No. 6493 6511 6514 6519
Phonetic
component		 丯 丯 丯 丯
Rime
group		 祭 月 月 物
Rime
subdivision		 2 2 2 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 契 猰 猰
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeːds/ /*kʰeːd/ /*kʰeːd/ /*kʰɯd/

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契

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Compounds

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation

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契

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Compounds
  • 契丹 (Qìdān)
  • 契闊／契阔
  • 契闊談讌／契阔谈讌
  • 死生契闊／死生契阔

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.
 契
alt. forms 偰

Pronunciation

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契

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Etymology 4

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation

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契

References

Japanese

Kanji

契

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. pledge (allegiance)
  2. commit oneself
  3. promise (loyalty)

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

契 ‎(hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

契 • ‎(gye, geul) (hangeul 계, 글, revised gye, geul, McCune-Reischauer kye, kŭl)

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Vietnamese

Han character

契 (khế, khé, khè, khía, khít, khẻ, khẽ, khịt)

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