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jué

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jué Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jué | jue2
English translation
to decide, to determine, to judge

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About jué

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Number of strokes

7

Traditional form

jué

Contains the radical

shuǐ

Part of speech

Status morpheme / 状态语素 Zhuàngtài yǔsù

Learning hint

decisive

Etymology of jué

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

氵夬

Semantic compound

guài

Phonetic compound

shuǐ

Explanation

Simplified form of jué . Phonosemantic compound. shuǐ represents the meaning and guài represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burst open". The meaning later shifted to "clear", "cut off", "decide" and "judge".

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Words with jué

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
决定 juédìng to resolve決定
解决 jiějué to resolve解決
决赛 juésài finals (of a competition)決賽
坚决 jiānjué firm堅決
判决 pànjué to sentence判決
决策 juécè strategic decision決策
决心 juéxīn determination決心
决不 jué bù not at all決不
jué to decide jué
决议 jué yì a resolution決議
表决 biǎojué to vote表決
裁决 cái jué ruling裁決
半决赛 bàn jué sài semifinals半決賽
总决赛 zǒng jué sài finals (sports)總決賽
否决 fǒujué to veto否決
决斗 jué dòu to duel決鬥
处决 chǔ jué to execute (a condemned criminal)處決
决战 jué zhàn decisive battle決戰
下定决心 xià dìng jué xīn to make a firm resolution下定決心
决定性 jué dìng xìng decisive決定性
表决权 biǎo jué quán vote表決權
下决心 xià jué xīn to determine下決心
决胜 jué shèng to determine victory決勝

jué Decomposition & Compounds

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