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決 = 夬 + 水
決 is a Japanese kanji written with 7 strokes, listed here under the keyword “decide”. It is built from 夬 (guillotine) and 水 (water). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 1770.
- Keyword
- decide
- RTK frame
- 1770
- Strokes
- 7
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケツ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- き.める, -ぎ.め, き.まる, さ.く
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- решать
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 決 decide
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 決 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “guillotine” + “water”. 決 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
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