誓 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

vow, swear, pledge

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイJHS
Kun (native)
  • ちか(う)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音shi4
  • 한글seo
  • Hán-ViệtThệ

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
14 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8A93

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱折言

Words using this kanji

  • 誓ってちかってsurely, upon my word, by Jove, (with neg) by no means
  • 誓いちかいちかい 参照oath, vow
  • 誓約せいやく約束すること。また、その約束。oath, vow, pledge, covenant
  • 誓うちかうちかうを参照。to swear, to vow, to take an oath, to pledge
  • 誓約書せいやくしょwritten oath, covenant, pledge
  • 誓願せいがん誓いを立てて神仏に祈願すること。 (仏教)如来、菩薩が衆生救済を願って定めた誓い。(religious) vow, prayer (for something by making a vow)
  • 誓言せいげん神仏への誓いを言うこと。また、その言葉。oath, vow, attestation, solemn pledge
  • 誓文せいもん神にかけて誓う言葉。神に誓約して作成する文書。誓紙。written oath
  • 誓詞せいし誓いの言葉。vow, oath, pledge
  • 誓紙せいし結婚式などで署名する誓いの言葉を記してある紙。written oath
  • 誓書せいしょ誓約を記した文書。誓紙。written oath
  • 誓文払いせいもんばらいbargain sale
  • 誓い合うちかいあうto make a joint vow, to swear together, to pledge
  • 誓い交わすちかいかわすto vow to each other
  • 誓いを立てるちかいをたてるto make a vow, to take an oath

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
2-7-7
Four Corner
5260.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a7.17
Heisig
1214
Nelson
4369