決

See also: 决

決 U+6C7A, 決 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C7A ← 汹 [U+6C79] CJK Unified Ideographs 汻 → [U+6C7B]

Translingual

Han character

決 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 水木大 (EDK), four-corner 3513₀, composition ⿰氵夬)

Derived characters

• 𢭯, 𧻯, 𬚇, 𪁠, 𦯊

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 609, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17174
• Dae Jaweon: page 1001, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1574, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6C7A

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 決
Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
袂	*mɡʷeds
夬	*kʷraːds
快	*kʰʷraːds
駃	*kʰʷraːds, *kʷeːd
筷	*kʰʷraːds
炔	*kʷeːds
觖	*kʰʷeds, *kʷeːd
缺	*kʰʷed, *kʰʷeːd
蒛	*kʰʷed
吷	*qʰʷed
妜	*qʷed, *qʷeːd
決	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
訣	*kʷeːd
抉	*kʷeːd, *qʷeːd
玦	*kʷeːd
芵	*kʷeːd
赽	*kʷeːd
鴂	*kʷeːd
鈌	*kʷeːd
决	*kʷeːd
疦	*kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd
蚗	*kʷeːd
趹	*kʷeːd

Characters in the same phonetic series (夬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kʷeːd, *qʰʷeːd) : semantic 氵 + phonetic 夬 (OC *kʷraːds).

Etymology

Possibly a derivative of 夬 (OC *kʷraːds, “to split”).

Pronunciation 1

trad.		決/决
simp.		决
alternative forms		𣲺

Variety	Location	edit 決
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕyɛ³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕye⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕyə²¹³/
	Qingdao	/t͡ɕyə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕyɛ²¹/
	Xining	/t͡ɕyu⁵³/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕye¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕyə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕyɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕye²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕye³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕyəʔ²/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕyaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡ɕioʔ⁵/ /t͡ɕyɪʔ⁵/
	Suzhou	/t͡ɕyəʔ⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sz̩ʷəʔ⁵/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕyɛ⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡ɕye²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡ɕyæ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/kiat̚¹/
	Taoyuan	/kiet̚²²/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/kʰyt̚³/
	Nanning	/kʰyt̚³³/
	Hong Kong	/kʰyt̚³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/kuat̚³²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/kyɔʔ²³/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/kyɛ²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/kuak̚²/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/kit̚⁵/

Rime
Character	決
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	古穴切
Baxter	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/kiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	gyut3

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	決	決
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ kwet ›	‹ kwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[k]ʷˁet/	/*[k]ʷˁet/
English	open a passage for a stream	open; decide
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	決
Reading #	1/2
No.	4416
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	玦
Old Chinese	/*kʷeːd/

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jue²

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): juě

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): jue̊q

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): kyut³

  (Dongguan, Jyutping++): koet⁸

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): kut²

• Gan (Wiktionary): jiet⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): kiet / kiat

  (Hailu, HRS): gied

  (Meixian, Guangdong): giad⁵

• Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): gṳĕ
• Eastern Min (BUC): giók
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): goeh⁶ / gyeh⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): koat

  (Teochew, Peng'im): guag⁴ / guêg⁴

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): kieg⁴

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): kyut²
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁷ciuq / ⁷cioq / ⁷cioeq
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): jye⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²
    • Yale: jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕye²¹/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: juě
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyɛ²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: jue̊q
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): jueq⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/
  • (Dongguan, Guancheng)
    • Jyutping++: koet⁸
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰøt̚²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: kut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰut̚⁵⁵/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jiet⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiɛt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiet
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯et̚²/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kiat
    • Hakka Romanization System: giad^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /ki̯at̚²/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: gied
    • Sinological IPA: /kiet⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: giad⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /kiat̚¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jyeh⁴
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: gṳĕ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɛ²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: giók
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyɔʔ²⁴/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: goeh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kœʔ¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gyeh⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kyøʔ²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: koat
    • Tâi-lô: kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: koad
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /kuat̚⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /kuat̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: guag⁴ / guêg⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kuak / kuek
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kuak̚²/, /kuek̚²/

Note:

• guag4 - Shantou;
• guêg4 - Chaozhou.

• • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: kieg⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰiek̚⁵/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: kyut²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyt̚³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Songjiang, Suzhou, Changzhou, Jiaxing, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁷ciuq
    • MiniDict: ciuih^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jyq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕyɪʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /cyœʔ⁴⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁴³/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /t͡ɕyeʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiaxing): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Jiading, Chongming, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷cioq
    • MiniDict: cioh^入
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁴jioq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /t͡ɕioʔ⁵⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕyoʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕioʔ⁴⁵/
  • (Northern: Chongming, Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁷cioeq
    • MiniDict: cioeh^入
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /t͡ɕyøʔ⁵/
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /t͡ɕiøʔ⁴⁵/
Note:
• Chongming:
  • 7cioq - vernacular;
  • 7cioeq - literary.
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: jye⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯e̞²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

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• Middle Chinese: kwet

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[k]ʷˤet/

  (Zhengzhang): /*kʷeːd/

Definitions

決

1. ^† to dredge; to dig
2. to burst; to break; to breach
3. to decide; to determine

   Synonym: 定 (dìng)

   去意已決／去意已决  ―  qùyì yǐ jué  ―  to be determined to leave

4. to decide the outcome; to contest
5. to judge; to pronounce the verdict
6. definitely; certainly; absolutely (with a negative)
7. to execute; to put to death

   炮決／炮决  ―  pàojué  ―  execution by artillery fire

   斬立決／斩立决  ―  zhǎn lì jué  ―  summary execution by decapitation

   1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to execute by shooting
8. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to duel; to fight a decisive battle or struggle
9. Alternative form of 訣 / 诀 (jué, “to part; to bid farewell”)
10. ^† Alternative form of 抉 (jué, “to gouge; to pick out”)

Compounds

• 一決勝負 / 一决胜负 (yījuéshèngfù)
• 一決雌雄 / 一决雌雄 (yījuécíxióng)
• 一決高下 / 一决高下 (yījuégāoxià)
• 不決 / 不决
• 了決 / 了决
• 假決議 / 假决议
• 先決問題 / 先决问题
• 先決條件 / 先决条件 (xiānjué tiáojiàn)
• 公決 / 公决 (gōngjué)
• 共識決 / 共识决
• 刁天決地 / 刁天决地
• 刁決 / 刁决
• 刁決古憋 / 刁决古憋
• 判決 / 判决 (pànjué)
• 判決書 / 判决书 (pànjuéshū)
• 判決離婚 / 判决离婚
• 剛毅果決 / 刚毅果决
• 剖決如流 / 剖决如流
• 勇決 / 勇决
• 勾決 / 勾决
• 包裹表決 / 包裹表决
• 十蕩十決 / 十荡十决
• 取決 / 取决 (qǔjué)
• 君射臣決 / 君射臣决
• 否決 / 否决 (fǒujué)
• 否決權 / 否决权 (fǒujuéquán)
• 堅決 / 坚决 (jiānjué)
• 多數決 / 多数决
• 大對決 / 大对决
• 委決不下 / 委决不下
• 審決 / 审决
• 對決 / 对决 (duìjué)
• 已決 / 已决 (yǐjué)
• 庭決 / 庭决
• 引決 / 引决 (yǐnjué)
• 懸決 / 悬决
• 懸而未決 / 悬而未决 (xuán'érwèijué)
• 指決 / 指决
• 持疑不決 / 持疑不决
• 斬決 / 斩决
• 斬立決 / 斩立决
• 斷決如流 / 断决如流
• 斷脰決腹 / 断脰决腹
• 明決 / 明决
• 未決 / 未决 (wèijué)
• 未決犯 / 未决犯
• 果決 / 果决 (guǒjué)
• 槍決 / 枪决 (qiāngjué)
• 殺伐決斷 / 杀伐决断
• 毅然決然 / 毅然决然 (yìránjuérán)
• 民族自決 / 民族自决
• 決一死戰 / 决一死战 (juéyīsǐzhàn)
• 決一雌雄 / 决一雌雄
• 決不待時 / 决不待时
• 決了 / 决了
• 決勝 / 决胜 (juéshèng)
• 決勝千里 / 决胜千里
• 決勝局 / 决胜局
• 決勝負 / 决胜负
• 決口 / 决口 (juékǒu)
• 決嘴 / 决嘴
• 決堤 / 决堤 (juédī)
• 決定 / 决定 (juédìng)
• 決定性 / 决定性 (juédìngxìng)
• 決定權 / 决定权 (juédìngquán)
• 決定論 / 决定论 (juédìnglùn)
• 決心 / 决心 (juéxīn)
• 決意 / 决意 (juéyì)
• 決戰 / 决战 (juézhàn)
• 決拾 / 决拾
• 決撒 / 决撒
• 決擇 / 决择 (juézé)
• 決斷 / 决断 (juéduàn)
• 決斷如流 / 决断如流
• 決明 / 决明 (juémíng)
• 決明子 / 决明子 (juémíngzǐ)
• 決死 / 决死 (juésǐ)
• 沖決 / 冲决 (chōngjué)
• 決烈 / 决烈
• 決然 / 决然 (juérán)
• 決獄 / 决狱
• 決獄斷刑 / 决狱断刑
• 決疑 / 决疑 (juéyí)
• 決癰潰疽 / 决痈溃疽
• 決眥 / 决眦
• 決策 / 决策 (juécè)
• 決策千里
• 決算 / 决算 (juésuàn)
• 決絕 / 决绝 (juéjué)
• 決裂 / 决裂 (juéliè)
• 決裂索性 / 决裂索性
• 決計 / 决计 (juéjì)
• 決議 / 决议 (juéyì)
• 決賽 / 决赛 (juésài)
• 決選 / 决选
• 決防 / 决防
• 決雌雄 / 决雌雄 (jué cíxióng)
• 決鬥 / 决斗 (juédòu)
• 游移不決 / 游移不决
• 潰決 / 溃决 (kuìjué)
• 片言立決 / 片言立决
• 狐疑不決 / 狐疑不决
• 狐疑未決 / 狐疑未决
• 猶豫不決 / 犹豫不决 (yóuyùbùjué)
• 猶豫未決 / 犹豫未决
• 痛決 / 痛决
• 發策決科 / 发策决科
• 的決 / 的决
• 石決明 / 石决明 (shíjuémíng)
• 確定判決 / 确定判决
• 秋決 / 秋决
• 立決 / 立决
• 納履決踵 / 纳履决踵
• 納屨踵決 / 纳屦踵决
• 絞決 / 绞决
• 緩決 / 缓决
• 自決 / 自决 (zìjué)
• 與決 / 与决
• 處決 / 处决 (chǔjué)
• 虞歌決別 / 虞歌决别
• 衝決 / 冲决 (chōngjué)
• 表決 / 表决 (biǎojué)
• 表決權 / 表决权 (biǎojuéquán)
• 裁決 / 裁决 (cáijué)
• 複決 / 复决
• 複決權 / 复决权
• 解決 / 解决 (jiějué)
• 討決裂 / 讨决裂
• 評決 / 评决
• 議決 / 议决 (yìjué)
• 議決案 / 议决案
• 踵決肘見 / 踵决肘见
• 躊躇不決 / 踌躇不决
• 躊躇未決 / 踌躇未决
• 速戰速決 / 速战速决 (sùzhànsùjué)
• 速決 / 速决 (sùjué)
• 運籌決勝 / 运筹决胜
• 遲疑不決 / 迟疑不决 (chíyíbùjué)
• 遲疑未決 / 迟疑未决 (chíyíwèijué)
• 野決明 / 野决明
• 除權判決 / 除权判决
• 雌雄未決 / 雌雄未决
• 章決句斷 / 章决句断
• 齒決 / 齿决

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (決):

• → Vietnamese: quyết (決)

Pronunciation 2

trad.		決/决
simp.		决
alternative forms		𣲺 吷 𦐍 𦐋

Rime
Character	決
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)
Final (韻)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	呼決切
Baxter	xwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/hʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/xuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/hwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/xuet̚/
Wang Li	/xiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/xiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyut3

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	決
Reading #	2/2
No.	4432
Phonetic component	夬
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	血
Old Chinese	/*qʰʷeːd/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xuè (xue⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xuè
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: syuè
    • Wade–Giles: hsüeh⁴
    • Yale: sywè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiueh
    • Palladius: сюэ (sjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hyut³
    • Yale: hyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hüd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hyːt̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: xwet

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːd/

Definitions

決

1. ^† fast

Compounds

• 決征
• 決捷 / 决捷
• 決㨗 / 决㨗
• 決易 / 决易
• 決溜 / 决溜
• 決羽 / 决羽
• 決起 / 决起
• 決躁 / 决躁
• 決驟 / 决骤

Pronunciation 3

trad.		決/决
simp.		决
alternative forms		缺

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): quē (que¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kyut³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: quē
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyue
    • Wade–Giles: chʻüeh¹
    • Yale: chywē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiue
    • Palladius: цюэ (cjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰy̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: kyut³
    • Yale: kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰyːt̚³/

Definitions

決

1. ^† to be breached; to be torn (of clothes); alternative form of 缺 (quē)

Compounds

• 決口 / 决口 (quēkǒu)
• 決履 / 决履
• 決裂 / 决裂 (quēliè)
• 決隙 / 决隙
• 決鼻 / 决鼻
• 穿決 / 穿决
• 踵決 / 踵决

References

• “決”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 決

決

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

1. burst
2. decide, determine, judge
3. kill, put to death

Readings

• Go-on: けち (kechi)^{←けち (keti, historical)←くゑち (kweti, ancient)}
• Kan-on: けつ (ketsu, Jōyō)^{←けつ (ketu, historical)←くゑつ (kwetu, ancient)}
• Kun: きまる (kimaru, 決まる, Jōyō)、きめる (kimeru, 決める, Jōyō)、さくる (sakuru, 決る)、しゃくる (shakuru, 決る)

Compounds

• 決意(けつい) (ketsui)
• 決河(けっか) (kekka)
• 決壊(けっかい), 決潰(けっかい) (kekkai)
• 決議(けつぎ) (ketsugi)
• 決行(けっこう) (kekkō)
• 決済(けっさい) (kessai)
• 決裁(けっさい) (kessai)
• 決算(けっさん) (kessan)
• 決死(けっし) (kesshi)
• 決勝(けっしょう) (kesshō)
• 決心(けっしん) (kesshin)
• 決戦(けっせん) (kessen)
• 決然(けつぜん) (ketsuzen)
• 決断(けつだん) (ketsudan)
• 決着(けっちゃく) (ketchaku)
• 決定(けってい) (kettei)
• 決闘(けっとう) (kettō)
• 決別(けつべつ) (ketsubetsu)
• 決明(けつめい) (ketsumei)
• 決裂(けつれつ) (ketsuretsu)
• 採決(さいけつ) (saiketsu)
• 自決(じけつ) (jiketsu)
• 判決(はんけつ) (hanketsu)

Derived terms

• 決(けっ)する (kessuru): to make up one's mind, to determine (to do something)
• 決(けっ)して (kesshite): (followed by a negative verb) never, not at all

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 決 (MC kwet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448	ᄀᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: kyyélq)
Middle Korean
Text	Eumhun
	Gloss (hun)	Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576	결ᄒᆞᆯ (Yale: kyel-hol)	결 (Yale: kyel)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [kjʌ̹ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [결]

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

決

Wikisource 決 (eumhun 결단할 결 (gyeoldanhal gyeol))

1. hanja form^? of 결 (“to decide; to determine; to judge”) [affix]

Compounds

• 가결 (可決, gagyeol)
• 결단 (決斷, gyeoldan)
• 결렬 (決裂, gyeollyeol)
• 결사 (決死, gyeolsa)
• 결산 (決算, gyeolsan)
• 결선 (決選, gyeolseon)
• 결승 (決勝, gyeolseung)
• 결심 (決心, gyeolsim)
• 결의 (決意, gyeorui)
• 결전 (決戰, gyeoljeon)
• 결정 (決定, gyeoljeong)
• 결제 (決濟, gyeolje)
• 결판 (決判, gyeolpan)
• 기결 (旣決, gigyeol)
• 대결 (對決, daegyeol)
• 미결 (未決, migyeol)
• 부결 (否決, bugyeol)
• 선결 (先決, seon'gyeol)
• 의결 (議決, uigyeol)
• 자결 (自決, jagyeol)
• 판결 (判決, pan'gyeol)
• 평결 (評決, pyeonggyeol)
• 표결 (表決, pyogyeol)
• 해결 (解決, haegyeol)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

Vietnamese

Han character

決: Hán Nôm readings: quyết

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