Chinese Character Wiki

契

qì

deed

A contract signed by cutting 刀 notches 丰 in wood 木 (now changed to 大)

Components
丰 meaning component

丰  Meaning component

fēng

  

luxuriant

刀 meaning component

刀  Meaning component

dāo

  

knife

大 meaning component

大  Meaning component

dà, dài

  

big

Evolution

契 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
契 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
契 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
契 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

契  

qì

deed, contract, bond; engrave; to carve; carved words; to agree; a contract; a deed

Most common words with 契
Freq.
Word
Meaning

默契

rapport

契约

agreement

契机

opportunity

契

to carve

契合

agreement

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

鍥 锲

Sound component in 5 characters (0 verified)

楔 鍥 锲 禊 葜

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[kʰ]ˤet-s

khejH

qì

script notches

*kʰˤet

khet

qiè

契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)

*kʰˤet

khet

qiè

cut


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.1349% of movies

2055th most common character in movies

1819th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5951

Shuowen

“契，大約也。从大，从。《易》曰：‘後代聖人易之以書契。’”


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