This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: ケツ、き.める、-ぎ.め、き.まる、さ.く
Romaji: ketsu, ki.meru, -gi.me, ki.maru, sa.ku
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

decide, fix, agree upon, appoint

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  7
Radical Number:  85
Frequency:  71
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  1-3-4
Korean Reading:  gyeol
Chinese Reading:  jue2
Unicode:  6c7a
JIS:  3768

Indexes

Halpern Index: 263
Nelson Index: 2509
New Nelson Index: 3070
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3a4.6
Four Corner Index: 3513.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 271
Gakken Index: 94
Japanese Names Index: 402
Daikanwanjiten Index: 17174
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0953
Remembering the kanji Index: 1641
Busy People Index: 2.5
Kanji Way Index: 138
Kanji Flashcards Index: 667
Kodansha Compact Index: 1163
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 289
Kanji in Context Index: 277
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 197
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 233
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1656
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1770
Essential Kanji Index: 230
Kodansha Kanji Index: 308
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 363
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 202
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 281

Words

(けつ)
decision; vote
決勝 (けっしょう)
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
解決 (かいけつ)
settlement; solution; resolution
判決 (はんけつ)
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
対決 (たいけつ)
confrontation; showdown
決定 (けってい)
decision; determination
決める (きめる)
to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs
決まる (きまる)
to be decided; to be settled; to look good in (clothes)
決算 (けっさん)
balance sheet; settlement of accounts; reporting (of accounts)
準決勝 (じゅんけっしょう)
semifinal
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