Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "契", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "契", and master the standard way of writing the character "契".
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契
[qì]
名
1. A document that verifies relationships such as sales, mortgages, and leases.
证券,证明买卖、抵押、租赁等关系的文书:~约。~据。房~。
2. To correspond or harmonize; to agree.
相合,相投:相~。~合。默~。~友。~分(fèn)(投合无间的情分)。~厚。
3. To carve or engrave with a knife.
用刀雕刻:~刻。~舟求剑。
4. Referring to the key transformation of things.
〔~机〕指事物转化的关键。
5. Inscribed characters, modernly referred to as oracle bone script.
刻的文字,近代称甲骨文:书~。~文(甲骨文)。
名 (continued)
1. In ancient times, both the engraved text on turtle shells or bones and the tools used for engraving are called 契 (chisel).
古代在龟甲、兽骨上灼刻文字和灼刻文字用的刀具,皆称契。
2. A chisel for engraving turtle shells.
刻龟甲的凿子。
3. A general term for tools used for carving or engraving.
泛指雕凿用具。
4. A friend with whom one shares feelings and interests.
感情志趣投合的朋友。
5. Friendship; emotional bond.
友谊,情义。
动
1. To carve, synonymous with "栔".
通“栔”。用刀刻。
2. To harmonize or agree.
投合。
3. To correspond or match.
合,符合。
引
1. Classic literature reference from 《易·系辞》: "In later times, a sage changed it into a written contract."
《易·系辞》:后时圣人易之以书契。
例
Such as: 契卷 (mutual binding evidence); 契印 (sealing mark for contract); 契箭 (an arrow used for symbols and contracts); 契面银 (the fee to be paid as per the contract upon redemption or repudiation); standing contract as proof.
又如:契卷(互相约束的证据);契印(骑缝印。预备分离后对证用);契箭(作符契用的箭);契面银(回赎或悔约时,按照契约规定须付出的费用);立契为凭。
名 (continued)
1. Refers to a historical figure, an ancestor from the Shang Dynasty believed to be a minister of Shun who helped Yu control the floods and was granted land in Shang.
古人名,中国商朝的祖先,传说是舜的臣,助禹治水有功而封于商。
契
[xiè]
名
1. A wedge, also written as "楔".
通“楔”。楔子。
2. A personal name (Xie), an ancestor from the Yin Dynasty, legend states he was a minister of Shun.
人名,殷代的祖先,传说是舜的臣。
3. See also 契.
另见 qì。
Qidan or 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 Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]