契

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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[edit]

Han character[edit]

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[edit]

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

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 *ŋ̊ʰeːɡ

Etymology 1[edit]

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation[edit]

Note:
  • Xiamen, Quanzhou:
    • khòe - vernacular;
    • khè - literary.
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
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[edit]

契

  1. contract; deed
  2. to agree; to conform with; to tally with
  3. (literary) to carve; to engrave
  4. (literary) carved writing; engraved writing
  5. (Cantonese, Min Nan) adopted; adoptive; foster
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms from 契

Etymology 2[edit]

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation[edit]

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
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[edit]

契

  1. Only used in 契丹 (Qìdān).

Etymology 3[edit]

simp. and trad.
 契
alt. forms 偰

Pronunciation[edit]

Definitions[edit]

契

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Etymology 4[edit]

simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation[edit]

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
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[edit]

契

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Compounds[edit]

References[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

契

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

契 (hiragana ひさし, rōmaji Hisashi)

  1. A male given name

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

  1. deed
  2. contract, bond
  3. engrave

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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

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