HSK7

deed

A contract signed by cutting  notches  in wood  

Components

SoundMeaning component
qià to engrave
Meaning component
dà, dài big

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhejH[kʰ]ˤet-s script notches
khetkʰˤet 契闊 hard-working (Ode 31.4)
khetkʰˤet cut

說文解字

《說文》:“契,大約也。从大,从。《易》曰:‘後代聖人易之以書契。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica