| Kanji | 決 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | ケツ |
| Kunyomi | き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く |
| English | decide, fix, agree upon, appoint |
| Examples | 解決(かいけつ): settlement; solution; resolution 決議(けつぎ): resolution; vote; decision 決定(けってい): decision; determination 判決(はんけつ): judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree 決算(けっさん): balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts) 決勝(けっしょう): decision of a contest; finals (in sports) 決して(けっして): never; by no means; not in the least; in no way 決意(けつい): decision; determination 決断(けつだん): decision; determination 採決(さいけつ): vote; roll call 対決(たいけつ): confrontation; showdown 議決(ぎけつ): resolution; decision; vote 可決(かけつ): approval; adoption (e.g. motion, bill); passage 否決(ひけつ): rejection; negation; voting down 決まる(きまる): (1) to be decided; to be settled (2) to look good in (clothes) 決心(けっしん): determination; resolution 決める(きめる): (1) to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix (2) to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match) (3) to persist in doing; to go through with (4) to always do; to have made a habit of (5) to take for granted; to assume (6) to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines (7) to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing (8) to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.) 決まり(きまり): (1) rule; regulation (2) settlement; conclusion; end; agreement; arrangement (3) habit; custom; habitual way (4) countenance in front of another person; face (5) love relationship between a customer and a prostitute 決(けつ): decision; vote 多数決(たすうけつ): majority rule 決行(けっこう): doing (with resolve); carrying out (i.e. a plan) |
| JLPT Level | 3 |
| Jouyou Grade | 3 |
| Frequency | 71 |
| Components | 水: water 夬: decide; determine; archery glove |
| Number of Strokes | 7 |
| Kanji Radical | 水 |
| Radical Number | 85 |
| Radical Strokes | 4 |
| Radical Reading | みず・したみず・さんずい |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic |
| Keyword | decide |
| Koohii Story 1 | Decide! "Decide?! Death by drowning in polluted water or death by guillotine. How can I decide?" I asked. |
| Koohii Story 2 | To decide if someone is a witch or not first dunk them in water. If they don´t drown they are a witch and can be sent to the guillotine. |
Tags: jlpt.n3, grade3, kanjifreq1-250
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