Memory phrase for the character: 契

契

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Meaning

to carve, carved words, a contract, agreement

Pronunciation

qì

Explanation

 Top: tally stick , (pairwise marked sticks were distributed at the conclusion and joined again after implementation of an agreement), sword 刀, below: big 大

Mnemonic
 
Cut into a tally stick with a sword in big letters: the contract.

Radicals

契 to carve, contract
丰 growing plantShows a growing plant 丨 with three 三 branches. When a leaf ノ is added, it becomes life 生.
刀 knife, swordvariations are: blade 刃 and double-edged sword 刅
大 big, hugeA person 人 with outspread arms 一 appears big.




 Vocabulary

契丹 Qì dān  Qidan; 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 Liaohe River
契机 qì jī  an opportunity; a turning point
默契 mò qì  to understand tacitly; secret agreement; implicit recognition
 

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