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JLPT N1 9 strokes Frequency: #898

Meanings

Pledge, Promise, Vow

Radicals

Decomposition

⿱⿰丰刀大

Etymology

Ideographic: A contract signed by cutting 刀 notches 丰 in wood 木 (now changed to 大)

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 9

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-to-top
2 vertical top-right-to-bottom-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 rising bottom-to-top
5 hook right-to-left
6 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
7 horizontal bottom-to-top
8 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left
9 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ケイ kei
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ちぎ chigi