決 — decide, fix, agree upon

きめる決 decide

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 7 strokes

U+6C7A Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #71 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1770 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

decide
fix
agree upon
appoint

word

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

決(き) める kimeru to decide 決(き) まる kimaru to be decided 決(き) め手(て) kimete deciding factor

けつ ketsu On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

決(けつ) 意(い) ketsui determination 対(たい) 決(けつ) taiketsu confrontation 自(じ) 決(けつ) jiketsu self-determination 決(けつ) 議(ぎ) ketsugi resolution 議(ぎ) 決(けつ) giketsu resolution 解(かい) 決(けつ) kaiketsu solution 判(はん) 決(けつ) hanketsu judgment 決(けつ) 断(だん) ketsudan decision

けっ ke Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

決(けっ) 定(てい) kettei decision 決(けっ) して kesshite never 決(けっ) 勝(しょう) kesshou finals 決(けっ) 算(さん) kessan settlement of accounts 決(けっ) 着(ちゃく) kecchaku settlement 決(けっ) 心(しん) kesshin determination 決(けっ) 定(てい) 的(てき) ketteiteki decisive 決(けっ) 戦(せん) kessen decisive battle

Appears in idioms

一大決心四字熟語

one, big, decide, heart

速戦即決四字熟語

quick, war, instant, decide

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

氵 water (left form)

夬 decisive

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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