The Japanese Radical: 定


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Meaning
decide, establish    定

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
decide, establish, fix, rule, certainty
sadameru, TEI, JŌ
Top: roof 宀, below: var. of correct 正 (at the line 一 to stop 止 is correct.)
Under this roof it is decided according to fixed rules.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
lock, padlock, tablet/pill

Left: metal 金, right: decide, rule, fix 定 (Under this roof 宀 it is decided according to correct 正 rules.)
(If you can enter or not:) The metal that decides is the lock.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
rip, be torn apart, to open out, opened seam
hokorobiru, TAN
Left: thread 糸, right: fix, decide 定 (Under the roof 宀 we have correct 正 rules for our decision.)
The thread has fixed it, but now it is ripped open.  

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