Kanji N3

決: decide, fix, agree upon

決 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning decide, fix, agree upon, written with 7 strokes. It is read ケツ (on) and きめる, きまる, さく (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 解決 (かいけつ, settlement) and 決定 (けってい, decision).

決

Meanings

  • decide
  • fix
  • agree upon
  • appoint
Strokes7
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#71 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ケツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • きめる
  • -ぎめ
  • きまる
  • さく

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 決

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 解決かいけつ

    settlement; solution; resolution

    JLPT N3
  • 決定けってい

    decision; determination

    JLPT N3
  • 決してけっして

    (not) ever; (not) by any means

    JLPT N4
  • 決心けっしん

    determination; resolution

    JLPT N3
  • 決めるきめる

    to decide; to choose; to determine

    JLPT N4
  • 決まりきまり

    rule; regulation

    JLPT N3
  • 決るきまる

    to be decided; to be settled; to be fixed

    JLPT N4
  • 決議けつぎ

    resolution; vote; decision

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.