Jisho

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9 strokes
Radical:
big, very
Parts:
pledge, promise, vow
Kun:
ちぎ.る
On:
ケイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
898 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 契約 【ケイヤク】 contract, compact, agreement
  • 契機 【ケイキ】 opportunity, chance, trigger, cause
  • 幽契 【ユウケイ】 secret promise made to the gods
  • 黙契 【モッケイ】 implicit agreement, tacit understanding

Kun reading compounds

  • 契る 【ちぎる】 to pledge, to vow, to promise, to swear, to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife), to share a bed

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi4, xie4, qie4
Korean:
gye, geul

Spanish

  • compromiso
  • promesa
  • voto
  • prometer
  • dar su palabra

Portuguese

  • penhor
  • promessa
  • voto

French

  • engagement
  • promesse
  • voeux
1195 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1153 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1177 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1132 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1179 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
980 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
565 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
574 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
751 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
417 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3267 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1686 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1563 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
5917X Morohashi
2639 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1155 New Nelson (John Haig)
1549 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1669 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1242 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1463 2001 Kanji
2f7.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-3 SKIP code
5743.2 Four corner code
1-23-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5951 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
king, rule, magnate
On:
オウ-ノウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N3
684 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 王 【オウ】 king, ruler, sovereign, monarch, tycoon, magnate, champion, master, king (of the senior player)
  • 王女 【オウジョ】 princess
  • 竜王 【リュウオウ】 Dragon King, promoted rook
  • 大王 【ダイオウ】 great king

Readings

Japanese names:
おお、 おおきみ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wang2, wang4
Korean:
wang

Spanish

  • rey
  • regla
  • magnate

Portuguese

  • rei
  • regra
  • magnata
  • governo

French

  • roi
  • régner
  • magnat
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
47 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
5 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
499 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2922 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
310 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
733 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
90 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
294 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
294 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
577 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1315 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4247 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2145 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2895 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
261 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
20823 Morohashi
3439 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3619 New Nelson (John Haig)
255 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
271 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
26 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3172 2001 Kanji
4f0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1010.4 Four corner code
1-18-06 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
738b Unicode hex code