Kanji
N1 14 strokes Grade 8 freq #1567

vow, swear, pledge

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

speech gen

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

oath; abjuration
oath; vow
written oath; covenant
written oath
affiant (person who executes an affidavit)
sworn statement
joint affidavit
athlete's oath of fair play
written oath
Buddha's great vows

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

surely; upon my word
oath; vow
to swear; to vow
to make a vow; to take an oath
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance
Hippocratic oath
New Year's resolution
Charter Oath (of the Meiji Emperor); Five-Point Imperial Covenant
to make a joint vow; to swear together
before God; as God is my witness

Example sentences

He protested that he was innocent.

He vowed to give up smoking.

God knows that it is true.