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契

Level VII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 857 / 2,608

Pledge

On’yomi
けい
Kun’yomi
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Radical
大 Big (Kangxi 37)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 借 (Borrow), less common than 婦 (Lady).

A knife at the top carves into something big below — you make a big cut with your knife to seal a blood pledge.

In words

契る ちぎる to pledge;to promise;to swearN1
契約 けいやく contract,compact,agreementN3
契機 けいき opportunity;chanceN1

契 is rank 857 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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