Memory phrase for the Kanji: 決

決

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Meaning decide, determine, set

Pronunciation

KETSU
kimaru

Explanation

Left: water 氵, right: 夬 (a person 人 with a backpack コ)

Mnemonic
 
(On a hike you should have enough water with you:) There is water in the person's backpack: that's what he has decided.

Radicals

氵 waterThe radical sanzui 氵 is a short form of water 水
央 center
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 Vocabulary

決 けつ  decision, vote
決める きめる  to decide
決まる きまる  to be decided, to be settled
解決 かいけつ  settlement, solution, resolution
決議 けつぎ  resolution, vote, decision
決行 けっこう  doing (with resolve), carrying out (i.e. a plan)
決算 けっさん  balance sheet, settlement of accounts
決断 けつだん  decision, determination
決意 けつい  decision, determination

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