Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 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 plant(abundant)
刀 knife, sword(variantes are: blade 刃 and 刅)
大 big, huge
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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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