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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Cantonese

Hanzi

契 (Yale kai3, kit3)

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Japanese

Kanji

契

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: せつ (setsu), けい (kei)
• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru), きざむ (kizamu), わりふ (warifu)

Proper noun

契 (hiragana ひさし, romaji Hisashi)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

契 (Pinyin qì (qi4), Wade-Giles ch'i⁴)

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Vietnamese

Han character

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