契
Meanings
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- 1.to carve
- 2.carved words
- 3.to agree
- 4.a contract
- 5.a deed
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Wiktionary
- 1.contract; deed
- 2.to agree; to conform with; to tally with
- 3.to carve; to engrave
- 4.carved writing; engraved writing
- 5.adopted; adoptive; foster; sworn; nominal
- 6.to form a nominal kinship with; to adopt
- 7.only used in 契丹 (Qìdān, “the Khitans”)
- 8.Xie (ancestor of the kings of the Shang dynasty)
- 9.used in 契闊／契阔 (qièkuò, “assiduous; separate; etc.”)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰeːds, *kʰeːd, *kʰeːd, *kʰɯd) and ideogrammic compound (會意 /会意): phonetic 㓞 (qià, “to engrave”) + semantic 大 (“person”), hence a person making an agreement and/or carving something with a knife. Possibly a variant of 栔 or vice versa, given that the two characters were used interchangeably in ancient text. Exopassive of 鍥 (OC *keːd, *kʰeːd, “to cut”): "what has been cut" (Schuessler, 2007).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
契約簽訂了。
The contract was signed.
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Derived terms
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Related words
默契 tacit understanding契约 agreement契机 opportunity; turning point契据 deed团契 Christian association契妈 adoptive mother契丹 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 辽河[Liáo Hé]契子 adopted son契卡 Cheka, a Soviet secret police agency, forerunner of the KGB投契 to get along well (with sb)约契 contract契箭 arrow used as a token of authority (by field commanders)