Hanja Analyzer
決

決 — gyeol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
결단할 결
Romanization
gyeol
English
decide, determine, judge
Mandarin
jué
Japanese on'yomi
ケツ, エツ, ケイ, エチ, ケチ
Japanese kun'yomi
き.める -ぎ.め き.まる さ.く
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#71 of 2,500
Strokes
7
Variant forms
决
Radical
水 (85, 4 residual)
Phonetic component
夬
Unicode
U+6C7A

Parts that make up 決

  • 氵 물 수variant of 水 흐르는 물줄기물·액체와 관련된 것, 씻고 적시고 흐르는 일
  • 夬 괘이름/결단할 쾌sound 깍지를 낀 손‘쾌·결’ 계열의 소리

How 決 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 決 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 水, 夬.

Korean example words with 決

  • 결안決案 Korean gloss: 결정된 안건
  • 완결完決 Korean gloss: 완전히 결정함
  • 감결勘決 Korean gloss: 잘 조사하여 결정함
  • 결전決戰 Korean gloss: 승부를 결정짓는 싸움
  • 부결剖決 Korean gloss: 시비나 선악을 판단하여 결정함
  • 결의決議 Korean gloss: 회의에서 여러 사람의 의견을 모아 결정함
  • 대결對決 Korean gloss: 양자(兩者)가 맞서서 우열이나 승패를 가림
  • 준결準決 Korean gloss: 운동 경기 따위에서, 결승전에 나갈 자격을 겨룸
  • 결승決勝 Korean gloss: 운동 경기 따위에서, 마지막으로 승부를 가리는 시합
  • 부결否決 Korean gloss: 의논한 안건을 받아들이지 아니하기로 결정함. 또는 그런 결정
  • 직결直決 Korean gloss: 그 자리에서 곧 결정함. 또는 그런 결정에 따라 마무리를 지음
  • 결판決判 Korean gloss: 옳고 그름이나 이기고 짐에 대한 최후 판정을 내림. 또는 그 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 決

  • 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
  • 決まってきまって always; without fail; invariably
  • 決算けっさん settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results
  • 決勝けっしょう decision of a contest; finals
  • 決意けつい decision; determination; resolution
  • 決断けつだん decision; determination
  • 決してけっして (not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least
  • 決着けっちゃく conclusion; decision; end
  • 採決さいけつ vote; ballot; division

Characters sharing the phonetic 夬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “결”

Other hanja with radical 水

Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences