The kanji 誓: meaning, readings and stroke order

誓

Meaning: vow, swear
On reading: セイ sei
Kun reading: ちか（う） chikau
Strokes: 14
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 9 · senior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thề, hứa chắc (thệ)
Japanese: かたくやくそくする。ちかう。
Korean: 맹세하다 (서)
Chinese: 发誓、宣誓

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

宣せん誓せい
taking an oath
選手が 宣せん誓せいします。
An athlete takes the oath.

ちか（う） chikau · kun reading · less common

誓ちかう
to swear, to vow
正々どうどうと戦うと 誓ちかいます。
We swear to play fair.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.