Memory phrase for the Kanji: 契

契

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Meaning pledge, promise, vow

Pronunciation

KEI
chigiru

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: a pledge.

Radicals

tally stick
刀 swordAs radical often simplified to:刂
大 bigA person 人 with wide spread arms 一 and legs appears big.
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 Vocabulary

契機 けいき  opportunity, chance
契約 けいやく  contract, agreement, compact

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