契

契 U+5951, 契 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5951 ← 奐 [U+5950] CJK Unified Ideographs 奒 → [U+5952]

契 U+F909, 契 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F909 ← 龜 [U+F908] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 金 → [U+F90A]

Translingual

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

Derived characters

• 偰, 喫, 契, 揳, 楔, 猰, 瘈, 碶, 禊, 稧, 窫, 葜, 褉, 鍥/锲, 㓶, 㝣, 䚉/𬢐, 䝟, 䦬, 䫔, 䱮, 𢝛, 𣸲, 𤋸, 𤟐, 𤧃, 𦝜, 𦩣, 𧩶, 𧼪, 𨂰, 𨜒, 𨜣, 𩮁, 𩴅, 𪃈, 𪰳

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

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丯) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
	Old Chinese
夆	*pʰoŋ, *boŋ, *ɡaːds
丯	*kreːds
瘛	*kʰjeds, *ɡeːds, *kʰjed
觢	*ɡjeds
契	*kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd
栔	*kʰeːds
禊	*ɡeːds
稧	*ɡeːds
楔	*kreːd, *sqʰeːd
葜	*kʰreːd
猰	*qreːd, *kraːd, *kʰeːd
窫	*qreːd
揳	*sqʰeːd
偰	*sqʰeːd
潔	*keːd
絜	*keːd, *ɡeːd
鍥	*keːd, *kʰeːd
挈	*kʰeːd
蛪	*kʰeːd
齧	*ŋeːd
褉	*qʰeːd
喫	*ŋ̥ʰeːɡ

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): kai³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kai¹

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): khie
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khòe / khè / khère

  (Teochew, Peng'im): koi³ / ki³

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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
    • Yale: kai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: kei³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kai¹
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰai³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: khie
    • Hakka Romanization System: kie
    • Hagfa Pinyim: kie⁴
    • IPA: /kʰi̯e⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khòe
    • Tâi-lô: khuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰue²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /kʰue¹²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè
    • Tâi-lô: khè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /kʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰe⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /kʰe²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khère
    • Tâi-lô: kherè

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou:
  • khòe - vernacular;
  • khè - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: koi³ / ki³
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khòi / khì
  • IPA ^(key): /kʰoi²¹³/, /kʰi²¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰei^H/▼

Rime
Character	契
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰeiH/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰeiH/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛjH/
Li Rong	/kʰeiH/
Wang Li	/kʰieiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qì

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*[kʰ]ˤet-s/, /*kʰˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːds/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	契	契
Reading #	1/3	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qì	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ khejH ›	‹ khet ›
Old Chinese	/*[kʰ]ˤet-s/	/*kʰˤet/
English	script notches	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
Reading #	1/4
No.	6493
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	契
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːds/

Definitions

契

1. contract; deed
2. (Cantonese, Min Nan) adopted; adoptive; foster

Compounds

Derived terms from 契

• 丹書鐵契／丹书铁契
• 主契約／主契约
• 亞米契斯／亚米契斯
• 交契
• 佃契
• 借契
• 冥契
• 勞動契約／劳动契约
• 參同契／参同契
• 合契若神
• 同窗契友
• 單務契約／单务契约
• 團契／团契 (tuánqì)
• 地契 (dìqì)
• 壓契／压契
• 契刀
• 契分
• 契券
• 契勘
• 契友
• 契合 (qìhé)
• 契合金蘭／契合金兰
• 契契
• 契尾
• 契據／契据 (qìjù)
• 契文
• 契文舉例／契文举例
• 契機／契机 (qìjī)
• 契稅／契税

• 契箭
• 契約／契约 (qìyuē)
• 契約書／契约书
• 契約說／契约说
• 契約農業／契约农业
• 契若金蘭／契若金兰
• 契重
• 契需
• 姻契
• 宓契爾／宓契尔
• 官契
• 工作契約／工作契约
• 左契
• 心契
• 忘年之契
• 忘形之契
• 房契 (fángqì)
• 承攬契約／承揽契约
• 投契
• 文契
• 書契／书契 (shūqì)
• 有償契約／有偿契约
• 有名契約／有名契约
• 欠契
• 死契
• 殷墟書契／殷墟书契
• 殷契
• 水乳之契
• 活契

• 無償契約／无偿契约
• 田契
• 白契
• 相契
• 知契
• 磚契／砖契
• 社會契約／社会契约
• 神會心契／神会心契
• 租契
• 租賃契約／租赁契约
• 稅契／税契
• 立契 (lìqì)
• 符契
• 紅契／红契
• 結契／结契
• 絕契／绝契
• 老契
• 至交契友
• 莫逆之契
• 虛錢實契／虚钱实契
• 衿契
• 賢契／贤契
• 賣契／卖契
• 賣身契／卖身契 (màishēnqì)
• 道契
• 隨意契約／随意契约
• 雙務契約／双务契约
• 驗契／验契
• 默契 (mòqì)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³, hat¹, kai²
• Min Nan (POJ): khit

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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: kit³, hat¹, kai²
    • Yale: kit, hāt, kái
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸, hat⁷, kai²
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³, hed¹, kei²
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /hɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɐi̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khit
    • Tâi-lô: khit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qid
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰit̚⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰɨt̚/▼

Rime
Character	契
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	迄 (58)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	去迄切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰɨt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰɨt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰiət̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɨt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰiət̚/
Wang Li	/kʰĭət̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰi̯ət̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qi

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰɯd/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	契
Reading #	4/4
No.	6519
Phonetic component	丯
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*kʰɯd/

Definitions

契

1. Only used in 契丹 (Qìdān).

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		契
alt. forms		偰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): siat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): siêg⁴ / siag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shieh
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sit³
    • Yale: sit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: xid³
    • IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siat
    • Tâi-lô: siat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: siêg⁴ / siag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siek / siak
    • IPA ^(key): /siek̚²/, /siak̚²/

Definitions

契

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Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): khiat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): kiêg⁴ / kiag⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kit³
    • Yale: kit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: kid³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khiat
    • Tâi-lô: khiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qiad
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kʰiɛt̚⁵/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kiêg⁴ / kiag⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khiek / khiak
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiek̚²/, /kʰiak̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰet̚/▼

Rime
Character	契
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	溪 (29)
Final (韻)	屑 (87)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	苦結切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kʰet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʰet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kʰɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kʰɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kʰet̚/
Wang Li	/kʰiet̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/kʰiet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	qie

• Old Chinese▼

  (Baxter-Sagart): /*kʰˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːd/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	契
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	qiè
Middle Chinese	‹ khet ›
Old Chinese	/*kʰˤet/
English	契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)
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
Reading #	2/4	3/4
No.	6511	6514
Phonetic component	丯	丯
Rime group	月	月
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	猰	猰
Old Chinese	/*kʰeːd/	/*kʰeːd/

Definitions

契

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Compounds

• 契闊／契阔 (qièkuò)

• 契闊談讌／契阔谈讌

• 死生契闊／死生契阔

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典)
• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

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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, Jōyō); けつ (ketsu); せつ (setsu)
• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 契る, Jōyō); きざむ (kizamu, 契む); わりふ (warifu, 契)

Compounds

• 契約 (けいやく) (keiyaku): contract, agreement

Proper noun

契 (hiragana ひさし, rōmaji 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)

1. deed
2. contract, bond
3. engrave

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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