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

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³, kit³
• Min Nan (POJ): khè / khòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qì
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chih
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kai³, kit³
    • Yale: kai, kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³, kit⁸
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³/, /kʰiːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè / khòe
    • Tâi-lô: khè / khuè
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹/, /kʰue¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹/, /kʰue²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (契, reconstructed)
Character (契), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 齊 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 苦計切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰeiH/	/kʰieiH/	/kʰeiH/	/kʰeiH/	/kʰɛjH/	/kʰieiH/	/kʰɛiH/
Character (契), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 迄 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 去迄切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰi̯ət̚/	/kʰiət̚/	/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰɨt̚/	/kʰĭət̚/	/kʰiət̚/
Character (契), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 溪 (29) Final: 屑 Division: IV			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 苦結切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kʰet̚/	/kʰiet̚/	/kʰet̚/	/kʰet̚/	/kʰɛt̚/	/kʰiet̚/	/kʰɛt̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (契, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
契								qì								‹ khejH ›								/*[kʰ]ˤet-s/								script notches
契								qiè								‹ khet ›								/*kʰˤet/								契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)
契								qiè								‹ khet ›								/*kʰˤet/								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					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
契					6493					丯					祭					2					契					/*kʰeːds/
契					6511					丯					月					2					猰					/*kʰeːd/
契					6514					丯					月					2					猰					/*kʰeːd/
契					6519					丯					物					1										/*kʰɯd/

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Japanese

Kanji

契

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

• Goon: け (ke), けち (kechi), せち (sechi)
• Kan’on: けい (kei), けつ (ketsu), せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru), きざむ (kizamu), わりふ (warifu)

Compounds

• 契約 (けいやく, keiyaku, “contract, agreement”)

Proper noun

契 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

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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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