契

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

Han character

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

  1. deed, contract, bond
  2. engrave

Derived characters

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

Chinese

Glyph origin
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
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
simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation
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]ˁet-s/ /*kʰˁet/
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

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
Derived terms from 契

Etymology 2
simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation
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

契

  1. Only used in 契丹 (Qìdān).

Etymology 3
simp. and trad.
 契
variant forms 偰

Pronunciation

Definitions

契

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Etymology 4
simp. and trad.
 契

Pronunciation
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		 /*kʰˁet/
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

契

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Compounds
  • 契闊談讌／契阔谈讌
  • 死生契闊／死生契阔

References

Japanese

Kanji
契

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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

Readings

Compounds

Proper noun

契 (hiragana ひさし, rōmaji Hisashi)

  1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. deed
  2. contract, bond
  3. engrave

Vietnamese

Han character

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

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