Wiktionary

決

See also: 决
決 U+6C7A, 決
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6C7A
← 汹
[U+6C79] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 汻 →
[U+6C7B]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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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).

Etymology

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Possibly a derivative of 夬 (OC *kʷraːds, “to split”).

Pronunciation 1

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trad. 決/决
simp. 决
alternative forms 𣲺
Note:
  • guag4 - Shantou;
  • guêg4 - Chaozhou.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 決
Mandarin Beijing /t͡ɕyɛ³⁵/
Harbin /t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
Tianjin /t͡ɕye⁴⁵/
Jinan /t͡ɕyə²¹³/
Qingdao /t͡ɕyə⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
Xi'an /t͡ɕyɛ²¹/
Xining /t͡ɕyu⁵³/
Yinchuan /t͡ɕye¹³/
Lanzhou /t͡ɕyə⁵³/
Ürümqi /t͡ɕyɤ⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡ɕye²¹³/
Chengdu /t͡ɕye³¹/
Guiyang /t͡ɕie²¹/
Kunming /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
Nanjing /t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/
Hefei /t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡ɕyəʔ²/
Pingyao /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡ɕyaʔ⁴³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡ɕioʔ⁵/
/t͡ɕyɪʔ⁵/
Suzhou /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵/
Hangzhou /t͡sz̩ʷəʔ⁵/
Wenzhou /t͡ɕy²¹³/
Hui Shexian /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/
Tunxi /t͡ɕyɛ⁵/
Xiang Changsha /t͡ɕye²⁴/
Xiangtan /t͡ɕyæ²⁴/
Gan Nanchang /t͡ɕyeʔ⁵/
Hakka Meixian /kiat̚¹/
Taoyuan /kiet̚²²/
Cantonese Guangzhou /kʰyt̚³/
Nanning /kʰyt̚³³/
Hong Kong /kʰyt̚³/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /kuat̚³²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /kyɔʔ²³/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /kyɛ²⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /kuak̚²/
Haikou (Hainanese) /kit̚⁵/
Rime
Character 決
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 見 (28)
Final (韻) 屑 (88)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 古穴切
Baxter kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/kwet̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/kʷet̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/kuɛt̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/kwɛt̚/
Li
Rong 		/kuet̚/
Wang
Li 		/kiwet̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/kiwet̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		jue
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		gyut3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 決 決
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		jué jué
Middle
Chinese 		‹ kwet › ‹ kwet ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[k]ʷˁet/ /*[k]ʷˁet/
English open a passage for a stream open; decide

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 決
Reading # 1/2
No. 4416
Phonetic
component 		夬
Rime
group 		月
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		玦
Old
Chinese 		/*kʷeːd/

Definitions

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決

  1. † to dredge; to dig
  2. to burst; to break; to breach
  3. to decide; to determine
    Synonym: 定 (dìng)
  4. to decide the outcome; to contest
  5. to judge; to pronounce the verdict
  6. definitely; certainly; absolutely (with a negative)
  7. to execute; to put to death
    1. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to execute by shooting
  8. (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) to duel; to fight a decisive battle or struggle
  9. Alternative form of 訣／诀 (jué, “to part; to bid farewell”)
  10. † Alternative form of 抉 (jué, “to gouge; to pick out”)
Compounds
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Descendants
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Sino-Xenic (決):
  • → Vietnamese: quyết (決)

Pronunciation 2

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trad. 決/决
simp. 决
alternative forms 𣲺
吷
𦐍
𦐋
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
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/

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決

  1. † fast
Compounds
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Pronunciation 3

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trad. 決/决
simp. 决
alternative forms 缺

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決

  1. † to be breached; to be torn (of clothes); alternative form of 缺 (quē)
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Kanji

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決

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. burst
  2. decide, determine, judge
  3. kill, put to death

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Etymology

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From Middle Chinese 決 (MC kwet).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᄀᆑᇙ〮 (Yale: kyyélq)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Sinjeung Yuhap, 1576 결ᄒᆞᆯ (Yale: kyel-hol) 결 (Yale: kyel)

Pronunciation

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Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

決 (eumhun 결단할 결 (gyeoldanhal gyeol))

  1. hanja form? of 결 (“to decide; to determine; to judge”) [affix]

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese

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Han character

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決: Hán Nôm readings: quyết

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