切腹

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search

Contents

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
See also 切腹する

[edit] Etymology

From (setsu, "cut," "sever") + (fuku, "belly," "abdomen") borrowed from Middle Chinese (tshet + pjuwk)

[edit] Noun

切腹 (hiragana せっぷく, romaji seppuku)

  1. ritualized self-disembowelment; ritualized suicide; harakiri; seppuku

[edit] See also

  • 腹切り (harakiri): colloquial term for the same practice

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

[edit] Etymology

  • qiē ("to cut; to sever") + fù ("abdomen")

[edit] Noun

切腹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin qiēfù)

  1. ritualized self-disembowelment; ritualized suicide; harakiri; seppuku

[edit] Verb

切腹 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin qiēfù)

  1. to commit harakiri
Personal tools
Namespaces
Variants
Views
Actions
Navigation
Toolbox
In other languages