Chinese Character 決 Meanings and components.

Form

決

Meaning

決 meaning[3] in English

To Decide.

To Determine.

To Execute (Sb).

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 決 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'water' radical in … (氵) , and decisive (夬)

Its radical[1] is: 水 (shui3) which means: Surname Shui, .水shui3surname Shui

In cangjie it is written with EDK

How to write 決

To write決jue2to decide you should write a combination of 氵shui5'water' radical … , 夬guai4decisive arranged in a 吅 shape:

氵 + 夬 = 決

決 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 決 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 決, looks as follow:

決
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Decide . To Determine . To Execute (Sb) . (Of A Dam Etc) To Breach Or Burst . Definitely . Certainly
氵
Pinyin:shui5
Meaning[3]: 'Water' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 85), Occurring In 没, 法, 流 Etc . See Also 三點水|三点水[San1 Dian3 Shui3]
夬
Pinyin:guai4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Decisive
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
乛
Pinyin:ya5
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 乙[Zhe2]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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