誓

vow; swear; pledge

14 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1567.

Readings

• ちかう (kun reading): 誓う (ちかう) to swear; 誓い (ちかい) oath
• セイ (on reading): 誓約 (せいやく) oath; 宣誓 (せんせい) oath

Components

• 折
• 言
• ⺘ radical hand, left-side form of 手
• 斤 radical axe
• 言 radical speech

Words using 誓

• 誓う (ちかう) to swear
• 誓い (ちかい) oath
• 誓い合う (ちかいあう) to make a joint vow
• 偽り誓う (いつわりちかう) to swear falsely
• 誓って (ちかって) surely
• 誓約 (せいやく) oath
• 宣誓 (せんせい) oath
• 誓願 (せいがん) (religious) vow
• 誓約書 (せいやくしょ) written oath
• 誓文 (せいもん) written oath

36 words in all.

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