Character Details
| decide (to); decision | Ascii: — | w685 | |||||||||
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| Hanyu | Pinyin | Pronunciation | Tone | Components/Primitives | Wiktionary | Alt Sounds | |||||
| 决定 | juédìng | jooh:eh-deeng | 2+4 | 小 (small) + 姐 (woman + moreover) | 决定 link | ||||||
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| Notes | |||||||||||
| [HSK 2] - The Chinese character 决 translates to decide or determine in English. It can also mean to resolve or to make a decision. | |||||||||||
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| - It’s up to you | - --Research Pending-- | ||||||||||
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| Compound Character Decomposition | |||||||||||
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| Structure | Construction | ||||||||||
| left‑right; verb | 决 (氵 water radical + 夬 decide) + 定 (宀 roof radical + 丁 nail) | ||||||||||
| Decision flowing (决) into a fixed point (定). | |||||||||||