決 Kanji – decide
The Japanese kanji 決 can mean decide, fix, agree upon, appoint.
Meaning and Readings
How is 決 read?
決 has the onyomi reading ケツ and the kunyomi readings きめる, -ぎめ, きまる, さく.
In romaji, these readings can be written as ketsu, kimeru, gime, kimaru, saku.
Common Japanese Words Using 決
These common Japanese words contain 決. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 意思決定（いしけってい） — decision-making
- 可決（かけつ） — approval, adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.), passage
- 解決（かいけつ） — settlement, solution, resolution
- 解決策（かいけつさく） — solution, solution strategy
- 議決（ぎけつ） — resolution, decision, vote
- 決して（けっして） — (not) ever, (not) by any means, (not) in the least, (not) in any way, (not) at all
- 決する（けっする） — to decide, to determine
- 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
- 決め手（きめて） — decider, person who decides
- 決め付ける（きめつける） — to fix upon (one-sidedly), to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case