決

See also: 决

Translingual

Han character

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

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

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Chinese

trad.		決
simp.		决
alternative forms		𣲺 决 吷 “fast”

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

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

	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

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

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 決

1. ^† to dredge; to dig
2. to burst; to break; to breach
3. to decide; to determine
4. to decide the outcome; to contest
5. to judge; to pronounce the verdict
6. to execute; to put to death
7. definitely; certainly
8. for worlds

Pronunciation 2

• 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

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/
Bernard Karlgren	/xiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hyut3

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰʷeːd/

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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 決

1. ^† fast

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

決

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. decision, determination

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

Compounds

• 決意
• 決溢
• 決壊
• 決河之勢
• 決議
• 決行
• 決済
• 決裁
• 決算
• 決死
• 決心
• 決戦
• 決然
• 決断
• 決着
• 決定
• 決闘
• 決別
• 決裂

Derived terms

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

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Korean

Hanja

決 • (gyeol) (hangeul 결, revised gyeol, McCune–Reischauer kyŏl, Yale kyel)

1. decide
2. determine
3. judge

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 決 (quyết)

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