The Japanese Radical: 定


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Meaning
decide, establish    定

Explanation

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定
JLPT 3Joyo 3
 decide, establish, fix, rule, certainty
sadameru, TEI, JŌ
 定 宀 正
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.  
錠
JLPT 1Joyo 7
 lock, padlock, tablet/pill
JŌ
 金 定 正
Left: metal 金, right: decide, rule, fix 定 (Under this roof 宀 it is decided according to correct 正 rules.)
(If you can either enter or not:) The metal that decides is the lock.  
綻
JLPT -Joyo 7
 rip, be torn apart, to open out, opened seam
hokorobiru, TAN
 糸 定 宀 正
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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