The kanji 決: meaning, readings and stroke order
決
- Meaning
- decide
- On reading
- ケツ ketsu
- Kun reading
- き(める) kimeru、き(まる) kimaru
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 水 water
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- quyết định (quyết)
- Japanese
- きめる。きまる。
- Korean
- 결정하다 (결)
- Chinese
- 决定 (决)
Readings, words and example sentences
ケツ ketsu · on reading
決心
making up your mind
毎日 走ると 決心しました。
I made up my mind to run every day.
き(める) kimeru · kun reading
決める
to decide
行く 場所を 決めます。
We decide where to go.
き(まる) kimaru · kun reading
決まる
to be decided
あしたの よていが 決まりました。
Tomorrow's plans are set.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.