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pledge

On-Yomi: ケイ — Kun-Yomi: ちぎ.る

Elements:

pledge, flick knife, grow up, dagger, large, St. Bernard

Heisig story:

Grow up . . . dagger . . . St. Bernard dog. The connotation of this character should be kept distinct from that for vow (Frame 1214) and promise (Frame 1462).

Koohii stories:

1) [frozach] 18-10-2007(164): Imagine a totalitarian regime where, while growing up, you have to pledge allegiance to the flag at dagger-point and with St. Bernard guard dogs watching you.

2) [samuize] 27-5-2008(81): With our new pills we pledge to grow your dagger bigger - typical junk mail.

3) [dingomick] 3-9-2007(55): In order to pledge into her sorority, Alice had to stab a St. Bernard with a dagger. (Come on! DO it, Alice!).

4) [SammyB] 17-6-2009(18): In medieval Japan often to form an alliance Warlords would give up their daughter as a pledge. She would grow up guarded by daggers and St. Bernard dogs. If the alliance was broken she would be killed (More or less true).

5) [Johnnyltn] 21-8-2006(18): "I pledge my allegiance to the flag….: " Growing up we pledged out allegiance to the flag of our nation to protect it from being torn or disgraced such as with daggers or to fall on the ground and be ripped to shreds by dogs.

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