Onyomi: ケツ · Kunyomi: -ぎ.め, き.まる, き.める, さ.く · Meanings: agree upon, appoint, decide, fix
Kanji for agree upon, appoint, decide, fix
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決 is formed from the water radical 氵 on the left, and the character 夬 on the right. The water radical represents flow or movement, while 夬 conveys the idea of separation or cutting decisively. Together, they express the idea of making a clear decision or resolving something by letting it flow away. From this, 決 came to mean decide, determine, or resolve.
決 shows decisive action, meaning to decide or resolve.
決 is used when making a clear decision or resolving an issue. Remember 決 as taking decisive action to determine an outcome.
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Meta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 決 | けつ | decision, vote | common Noun |
| 決して | けっして | (not) ever, (not) by any means, (not) in the least, (not) in any way, (not) at all | common JLPT-N4 Adverb (fukushi) |
| 決める | きめる | 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 | common JLPT-N4 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb |
| 決まる | きまる | to be decided, to be settled, to be fixed, to be arranged | common JLPT-N4 JLPT-N1 Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb |
| 決断 | けつだん | decision, determination | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 決心 | けっしん | determination, resolution | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 決定 | けってい | decision, determination | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb |
| 決まり | きまり | rule, regulation | common JLPT-N3 Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no' |
| 決意 | けつい | decision, determination, resolution | common JLPT-N1 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb |
| 決勝 | けっしょう | decision of a contest, finals (in sports) | common JLPT-N1 Noun |