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Kanji Information Sheet for 決 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 水 (みず) – water
Henshall Mnemonic: person decides to carry water-pack on back
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #71 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #71 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N4 Words
- 決して [けっして]
(adv) never; by no means [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決まる [きまる]
(v5r) to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決める [きめる]
(v1) to decide [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 決心 [けっしん]
(n,vs) determination; resolution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決定 [けってい]
(n) decision; determination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 解決 [かいけつ]
(n,vs) settlement; solution; resolution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決まり [きまり]
(n) settlement; conclusion; regulation; rule; custom [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
JLPT N1 Words
- 決意 [けつい]
(n) decision; determination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決議 [けつぎ]
(n) resolution; vote; decision [K] [D] [Jisho] - 議決 [ぎけつ]
(n,vs) resolution; decision; vote [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決算 [けっさん]
(n) balance sheet; settlement of accounts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決勝 [けっしょう]
(n) decision of a contest; finals (in sports) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決断 [けつだん]
(n) decision; determination [K] [D] [Jisho] - 判決 [はんけつ]
(n) judicial decision; judgement; sentence; decree [K] [D] [Jisho] - 否決 [ひけつ]
(n,vs) rejection; negation; voting down [K] [D] [Jisho] - 対決 [たいけつ]
(n) confrontation; showdown [K] [D] [Jisho] - 多数決 [たすうけつ]
(n) majority rule [K] [D] [Jisho] - 採決 [さいけつ]
(n) vote; roll call [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決 [けつ]
(n) decision; vote [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 決め手 [きめて]
(n) a person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card; winning move [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取決め [とりきめ]
(n) decision; agreement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決め付ける [きめつける]
(v1) to scold; to take (a person) to task [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決起 [けっき]
(n,vs) jump to one's feet; stand up against; rising to action [K] [D] [Jisho] - 民族自決 [みんぞくじけつ]
self-determination of peoples [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自決 [じけつ]
(n,vs) self-determination; suicide; resignation (from a post) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決済 [けっさい]
(n) settlement; liquidation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決裁 [けっさい]
(n,vs) sanction; approval [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決勝点 [けっしょうてん]
(n) winning point (goal); finishing line [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決戦 [けっせん]
(n,vs) decisive battle; deciding match; play-off [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決選投票 [けっせんとうひょう]
final (decisive) vote; run-off ballot [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決着 [けっちゃく]
(n) conclusion; decision; end; settlement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 強行採決 [きょうこうさいけつ]
steamroller voting; steamrollering [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決定的 [けっていてき]
(adj-na,n) definite; final; decisive; conclusive [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決別 [けつべつ]
(n) separation; farewell [K] [D] [Jisho] - 決裂 [けつれつ]
(n) breakdown; rupture [K] [D] [Jisho] - 意思決定 [いしけってい]
(n) decision-making [K] [D] [Jisho] - 準決勝 [じゅんけっしょう]
(n) semifinal (in sports) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り決め [とりきめ]
(n) decision; agreement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 取り決める [とりきめる]
(v1) to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 表決 [ひょうけつ]
(n) vote; voting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 裁決 [さいけつ]
(n) decision; ruling; judgement [K] [D] [Jisho] - 未解決 [みかいけつ]
(adj-na,n) unsettled; pending; unresolved [K] [D] [Jisho] - 評決 [ひょうけつ]
(n) decision; verdict [K] [D] [Jisho] - 先決 [せんけつ]
(n) previous decision [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.