契
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A contract signed by cutting 刀 notches 丰 in wood 木 (now changed to 大)
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Historical Evolution
契
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
契 [qì]
to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed
Korean
계 [契]
gye; From the past, a group of people gathered to provide or receive financial assistance or to promote friendship.
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
契 けい
Kei female given name
契 ちぎり
Chigiri female given namesurname
契 ひさし
Hisashi given name
CHINESE WORDS (38)
默契 [mòqì] #6,654
tacit understanding
契约 [qìyuē] #6,457
agreement
契约 [qìyuē] #6,457
agreement
契机 [qìjī] #26,027
opportunity
契机 [qìjī] #26,027
opportunity
契合 [qìhé] #25,628
agreement
契丹 [Qìdān] #17,769
Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[LiáoHé]
地契 [dìqì] #26,564
deed (for land)
房契 [fángqì] #35,388
deed (for a house)
契诃夫 [Qìhēfū] #43,062
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays
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JAPANESE WORDS (102)
⭐ 契約 [けいやく] #2,173
contract
⭐ 契約書 [けいやくしょ] #13,366
(written) contract
契約者 [けいやくしゃ] #20,460
party to a contract
⭐ 契機 [けいき] #21,866
opportunity
契り [ちぎり] #25,403
pledge
契約を交わす [けいやくをかわす] #30,009
to sign a contract
契約違反 [けいやくいはん] #48,580
breach of contract
契る [ちぎる] #49,307
to pledge
契約社員 [けいやくしゃいん] #59,453
contract employee
契約期間 [けいやくきかん] #62,708
contract period
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