Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

898 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: pledge, promise, vow

Kunyomi: ちぎ.る

Onyomi: ケイ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: big, very

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ケイヤク contract, compact, agreement

ケイキ opportunity, chance, trigger, cause

ユウケイ secret promise made to the gods

モッケイ implicit agreement, tacit understanding

Kunyomi Examples

ちぎる to pledge, to vow, to promise, to swear, to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife), to share a bed