切腹

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Contents 1 Japanese 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 See also 2 Mandarin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

[edit] Japanese

Kanji in this term
切	腹

[edit] Etymology

From 切 (setsu, "cut," "sever") + 腹 (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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Etymology

From 切 (qì, "cut," "sever") + 腹 (fù, "belly," "abdomen")

[edit] Noun

切腹 (pinyin qiēfù (qie1fu4))

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