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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1567 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 14

Meaning: vow, swear, pledge

Kunyomi: ちか.う

Onyomi: セイ

Composition: 折 言

誓

Radical

Radical: 言

Meaning: speech

Reading: げん

Frequency: 861

Alternative forms:

訁(alt radical position hen)

言

Examples

Onyomi Examples

誓約 (セイヤク) oath, vow, pledge, covenant

誓約書 (セイヤクショ) written oath, covenant, pledge

祈誓 (キセイ) vow, oath, pledge

偽誓 (ギセイ) perjury, false oath

Kunyomi Examples

誓う (ちかう) to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge

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