Jisho

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14 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
vow, swear, pledge
Kun:
ちか.う
On:
セイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 誓約 【セイヤク】 oath, vow, pledge, covenant
  • 誓約書 【セイヤクショ】 written oath, covenant, pledge
  • 祈誓 【キセイ】 vow, oath, pledge
  • 偽誓 【ギセイ】 perjury, false oath

Kun reading compounds

  • 誓う 【ちかう】 to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi4
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • voto
  • juramento
  • compromiso
  • jurar
  • hacer un voto
  • dar su palabra

Portuguese

  • voto
  • jurar
  • penhor

French

  • prêter serment
  • promettre
  • jurer
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1377 2001 Kanji
7a7.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-7 SKIP code
5260.1 Four corner code
1-32-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a93 Unicode hex code