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

Etymology 1

simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qì (qi⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kai³
• 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
    • Yale: kai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kai³
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰɐi̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: khè / khòe
    • Tâi-lô: khè / khuè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: qex, qoex
    • IPA (Taipei): /kʰe¹¹/, /kʰue¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kʰe²¹/, /kʰue²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /kʰei^H/, /kʰɨt̚/, /kʰet̚/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

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

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʰeːds/, /*kʰeːd/, /*kʰɯd/

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/

Definitions

契

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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
• 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
• 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
• 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

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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
    • IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³/, /hɐt̚⁵/, /kʰɐi̯³⁵/

Definitions

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiè (xie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sit³

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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
    • IPA ^(key): /siːt̚³/

Definitions

契

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Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		契

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiè (qie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: qiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Wade-Giles: ch'ieh⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chieh
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

Definitions

契

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), 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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