| 契 | 37B20 10.81 | 部居  | 畫數 9 | ㄑㄧˋ [qi4] (*ㄑㄧㄝˋ [qie4] ). [Var. 契] | ||
| N. | A written agreement, a deed: see 契約 [qi4yUe1]↓; 地契，田契，房契 title deed of land, farm, house; 租契 lease contract: 文契 written contract. | |||||
| Adj. | Sworn: 契兄弟 sworn brother; 契父，契母 [qi4fu4], [qi4mu3].↓. | |||||
| V.t. | (1) To match, to be attached closely as friend: 相契 get along together beautifully; 契友 close friend; 契合 [qi4he2]↓. (2) (LL) to bite, bite off: 契臂之交 (lit.) “bite shoulder”--sworn friend; 契斷 to bite off. (3) (*[qie4]) To carve: 契舟求劍 (＝刻契) to carve on gunwale of moving boat, marking where a sword was dropped-foolish undertaking; 契闊 [qi4kuo4]↓. (4) Adopted (father, mother, brother). | |||||
| Words | 1. 契契 [qi4qi4], adv., (AC) sorrowfully. 2. 契丹 [qi4dan1], n., the Kitan tribe (ruled China 907-1115 A.D.). 3. 契父 [qi4fu4], n., adopted father. 4. 契合 [qi4he2], (1) v.i., agree, match together; (2) adj., intimate, suitable, friendly. 5. 契箭 [qi4jian4], n., (AC) military order, in form of an arrow. 6. 契券 [qi4jUan4], n., contractual agreement, deed of sale or ownership. 7. 契據 [qi4jU4], n., written contract, papers of agreement. 8. 契紙 [qi4zhi3], n., a title deed. 9. 契闊 *[qie4kuo4], adj., (LL) separated: 契闊三年 absence of three years; 契闊之情 remembrance during absence. 10. 契母 [qi4mu3], n., adopted mother. 11. 契女 [qi4nU3], n., adopted daughter. 12. 契稅 [qi4shui4], n., tax on landownership registration. 13. 契兄弟 [qi4xiong1di4], n., sworn brothers. 14. 契子 [qi4zi3], n., adopted son. 15. 契尾（子） [qi4wei1]([zi0]), n., formerly, landownership registration paper. 16. 契文 [qi4wen2], n., (1) text of agreement; n., (2) bone inscriptions of Shang Dyn., being earliest known forms of writing. 17. 契印 [qi4yin4], n., official seal stamped on agreement. 18. 契約 [qi4yUe1], n., a written contract. | |||||