漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
決: decide, fix
Also: agree upon, appoint
JLPT N37 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 氵water(meaning)
- 夬(sound)
氵 carries the meaning · 夬 gives the sound
7 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ケツketsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 決定するけっていするdecide
- 決心するけっしんするresolve to do something
- 解決するかいけつするsolve
- 決断するけつだんするmake a decision
- 判決はんけつjudicial decision
- 決勝戦けっしょうせんfinal game of a tournament
- 決してけっしてnever
きめるkimeru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 決めるきめるdecide [v.t.]
きまるkimaru · kun'yomi
- 決まるきまるbe decided [v.i.]
Also read -ぎめ, さく, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)水, as 氵 (meaning) + 夬 (sound)
Source: Wiktionary, 決 (rev. 89388616), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ケツ
6 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side決 decide · 夬
vs汰 washing · 太In ChineseSimplified 决 · traditional, as in Japanese · jué
Japan keeps the traditional form 決; mainland China simplifies it to 决.
- Simplified
- 决 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 決 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin jué most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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