契

pledge, promise, vow

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ケイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ちぎ.る

Stroke Order

9 / 9

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:9

JLPT:N1

Frequency:898

Vocabulary

ケイ

Word	Reading	Meaning
契機	ケイキ	opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
契約	ケイヤク	contract; compact; agreement
契情	ケイセイ	beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute
契約書	ケイヤクショ	(written) contract; agreement
契印	ケイイン	impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
契り	ちぎり	pledge; vow; promise; having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate; karma
契る	ちぎる	to pledge; to vow; to promise; to swear; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
二世の契り	にせのちぎり	marriage vows
黙契	もっけい	implicit agreement; tacit understanding
仮契約	かりけいやく	provisional contract

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