契

契 (Kangxi radical 37, 大+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 手竹大 (QHK), four-corner 5743₂, composition ⿱㓞大(GHTKV) or ⿱𭃌大(J))

• 偰, 喫, 揳, 楔, 猰, 瘈, 碶, 禊, 稧, 窫, 葜, 褉, 鍥/锲, 㓶, 㝣, 䚉/𬢐, 䝟, 䦬, 䫔, 䱮, 𢝛, 𣸲, 𤋸, 𤟐, 𤧃, 𦝜, 𦩣, 𧩶, 𧼪, 𨂰, 𨜒, 𨜣, 𩮁, 𩴅, 𪃈, 𪰳

• KangXi: page 251, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5917
• Dae Jaweon: page 513, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 536, character 10
• Unihan data for U+5951
• Unihan data for U+F909

Historical forms of the character 契
Shang	Western Zhou	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd) and ideogrammic compound (會意) : phonetic 㓞 (qià, “to engrave”) + semantic 大 (“person”).

Exopassive of 鍥 (OC *keːd, *kʰeːd, “to cut”): "what has been cut" (Schuessler, 2007).

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

契

1. Only used in 契丹 (Qìdān, “the Khitans”).

契

1. Xie (ancestor of the kings of the Shang dynasty)

契

1. ^† Used in 契闊／契阔 (qièkuò, “assiduous; separate; etc.”).
2. ^† Alternative form of 挈 (qiè, “to take; to carry”).

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00864
• “契”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC kʰeiH); compare Mandarin 契 (qì):

• Go-on: け (ke)
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC kʰet̚); compare Mandarin 契 (qiè):

• Go-on: けち (kechi)
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu)

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC set̚); compare Mandarin 契 (xiè):

• Go-on: せち (sechi)
• Kan-on: せつ (setsu)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: ちぎる (chigiru, 契る, Jōyō); あう (au, 契う)^{←あふ (afu, 契ふ, historical)}; ちぎり (chigiri, 契り); きざむ (kizamu, 契む); わりふ (warifu, 契)
• Nanori: ちぎり (chigiri); ちぎる (chigiru); ひさ (hisa)

契(ひさし) • (Hisashi) 

1. a male given name

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC kʰeiH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kje̞(ː)] ~ [ke̞(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [계(ː)/게(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Wikisource 契 (eumhun 맺을 계 (maejeul gye))

1. Hanja form^? of 계 (“contract, bond; deed; engrave”).
2. Hanja form^? of 계 (“a Korean rotating savings and credit association”).

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC kʰet̚).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [결]

契 (eumhun 애쓸 결 (aesseul gyeol))

1. (literary) Hanja form^? of 결 (“to be assiduous; to work hard; to toil”).

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC kʰɨt̚).

契 (eumhun 부족 이름 글 (bujok ireum geul))

1. (historical) Hanja form^? of 글 (“a tribe name”).

From Middle Chinese 契 (MC set̚).

契 (eumhun 사람 이름 설 (saram ireum seol))

1. Hanja form^? of 설 (“used in personal names”).
2. (historical) Hanja form^? of 설 (“Xie (ancestor of the kings of the Shang dynasty)”).

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 23.

契: Hán Nôm readings: khế, khé, khè, khía, khít, khẻ, khẽ, khịt

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