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誓

vow
Stroke count: 14

Readings

On readingセイ
Kun readingちか.う
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «誓»

誓う

Meanings

  1. vowRtK
    彼は誓って無事だといった。He protested that he was innocent.tatoeba
    彼は出生地は確かにイタリアだと誓った。He said under oath that his birthplace was Italy.tatoeba
  2. swear
  3. pledge
  1. to swear
  2. to vow
  3. to take an oath
  4. to pledge

Radicals and components

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Components
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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fold · finger · fingers · axe (斤) · say (言) · words (言) · keitai · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1214

Compound words

誓いちかい
oath; vow
誓うちかう
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
誓約せいやく
oath; vow; pledge; covenant
宣誓せんせい
oath; abjuration; pledge
誓ってちかって
surely; upon my word; by Jove; (with neg) by no means; never
祈誓きせい
vow
偽誓ぎせい
perjury
弘誓ぐぜい
Buddha's great vows
誓願せいがん
(religious) vow
誓言せいげん
oath
誓文せいもん
written oath
偽り誓ういつわりちかう
to swear falsely
修道誓願しゅうどうせいがん
vows of religious orders

Additional Examples

彼は市長に宣誓就任した。
He was sworn in as mayor.tatoeba
彼は禁煙を心に誓った。
He vowed to give up smoking.tatoeba

Stroke Order

14 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 誓

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