EntryCommonJLPT N2
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

    君は聖書に手をのせて誓うべきだ。
    You should swear on the Bible.

Also written 盟う【ちかう】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

vow, swear, pledge

Kun
ちか.う
On
セイ
Strokes
14
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1567 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 49

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Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
2-7-7SKIP code
7a7.17The Kanji Dictionary
5260.1Four corner code
1377deroo
8a93Unicode hex code
1-32-32JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4369Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5622New Nelson (John Haig)
2754New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3424Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1764Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2401Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1133Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1214Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1743A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2218Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1036Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35514Morohashi
1478A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1395Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1484Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1755Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1728Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1712Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1655Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1142Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shi4Pinyin reading
seoKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
49WaniKani level