契	37B20   10.81	部居	畫數  9	ㄑㄧˋ [qi4]  (*ㄑㄧㄝˋ [qie4] ). [Var. 契]
N	A written agreement, a deed: see 契約 [qi4yUe1]↓; 地契，田契，房契 title deed of land, farm, house; 租契 lease contract: 文契 written contract.
Adj	Sworn: 契兄弟 sworn brother; 契父，契母 [qi4fu4], [qi4mu3].↓.
V	(1)  To match, to be attached closely as friend: 相契 get along together beautifully; 契友 close friend; 契合 [qi4he2]↓. (2)  (LL) to bite, bite off: 契臂之交 (lit.) “bite shoulder”--sworn friend; 契斷 to bite off. (3)  (*[qie4]) To carve: 契舟求劍 (＝刻契) to carve on gunwale of moving boat, marking where a sword was dropped-foolish undertaking; 契闊 [qi4kuo4]↓. (4)  Adopted (father, mother, brother).
Words	1.契契 [qi4qi4], adv., (AC) sorrowfully.  2.契丹 [qi4dan1], n., the Kitan tribe (ruled China 907-1115 A.D.).  3.契父 [qi4fu4], n., adopted father.  4.契合 [qi4he2], (1)  v.i., agree, match together; (2)  adj., intimate, suitable, friendly.  5.契箭 [qi4jian4], n., (AC) military order, in form of an arrow.  6.契券 [qi4jUan4], n., contractual agreement, deed of sale or ownership.  7.契據 [qi4jU4], n., written contract, papers of agreement.  8.契紙 [qi4zhi3], n., a title deed.  9.契闊 *[qie4kuo4], adj., (LL) separated: 契闊三年 absence of three years; 契闊之情 remembrance during absence.  10.契母 [qi4mu3], n., adopted mother.  11.契女 [qi4nU3], n., adopted daughter.  12.契稅 [qi4shui4], n., tax on landownership registration.  13.契兄弟 [qi4xiong1di4], n., sworn brothers.  14.契子 [qi4zi3], n., adopted son.  15.契尾（子） [qi4wei1]([zi0]), n., formerly, landownership registration paper.  16.契文 [qi4wen2], n., (1)  text of agreement; n., (2)  bone inscriptions of Shang Dyn., being earliest known forms of writing.  17.契印 [qi4yin4], n., official seal stamped on agreement.  18.契約 [qi4yUe1], n., a written contract.