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About 契 qì - From the Kangxi Zidian

I need to understand just the sense of what is written in the Kangxi Zidian about 契 qì.
Not the complete translation of the text below, just the general meaning.

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契：《廣韻》苦計切《集韻》《韻會》詰計切《正韻》去計切，????音栔。約也。《易•繫辭》上古結繩而治，後世聖人易之以書契。《禮•曲禮》獻粟者執右契。《註》兩書一契，同而別之。又合也。《周禮•天官》宰夫掌官契以治藏。《前漢•高帝紀》帝與功臣，剖符作誓，丹書鐵契。《唐書•????宗紀》木契銅魚起兵。又神合也。《神仙傳》魏伯陽作參同契二卷。又憂苦也。《詩•小雅》契契寤歎。又灼龜具。《詩•大雅》爰契我龜。《註》契，所以然火而灼之者也。又怯也。《周禮•冬官考工記•輈人》馬不契需。《註》契，怯。需，懦也。又姓。見《姓苑》。又《廣韻》《集韻》《韻會》私列切《正韻》先結切。????同????，高辛氏子，舜五臣之一，商之祖也。《書•舜典》帝曰：契，汝作司徒。別作偰????。又《廣韻》苦結切《集韻》《韻會》《正韻》詰結切。????同挈，勤苦也。《詩•邶風》死生契闊。又疎闊也。

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《前漢•范丹傳》行路急卒，非????契闊之所。又刻也。《呂覽》契舟求劒。與鍥通。又絕也，缺也。《司馬相如•封禪文》陛下謙讓而弗發，契三神之歡。《註》三神，上帝，泰山，梁父。
《前漢•毋將隆傳》契國威器。又《集韻》欺訖切，音乞。契丹，國號。宋爲南朝，契丹北朝，後攺號遼。又訖黠切，音拮。戲也。又叶似入切，音習。《禰衡顏子????》知微知章，聞一覺十用舍行藏，與聖合契。从丯从刀从大。俗作契，非。

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弗朗
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亲，我感觉就算是中国人也未必能全看懂，个人认为，这些解释我也要去翻阅很多古文才能彻底弄清楚，所以想知道一个词的意思，不必跑到康熙词典里去翻阅吧，会越看越晕的，当然，如果你是兴趣爱好，那我真的是无话可说了。
另：契有很多种意思，最常用的就是：证明买卖、抵押、租赁等关系的文书，组词：契约，地契，房契。
还有一种就是友情，契重(友情深厚)
希望可以帮到你，My friend.

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Ann
Aug 17, 2013
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In modern Chinese ,it's only usage is when it's combined with the character "约"，making the term“契约”，which means “indenture”，“contract”or“lease”，it is most used in business.it may has some other meanings but they are quite archaic and most Chinese have no idea about them.Like"paliolitica","neolitica"etc in Italian,which most Italians have no idea what they are right?You can delve deeper on this character if you want to,just don't overestimate its importance.Hopefully I have offered sth useful to you.Brevamente,la parola non e usato tanto eccetto quanto vuol dire"contratto"insieme con"约"。

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