決
jué

decide

决 (決) jué
definitely adverb
absolutely or certainly, typically used before a negative for emphasis

我决不放弃这个机会。

wǒ jué bù fàng​qì zhè gè jī​huì.

I will never give up this opportunity.

decide verb
to make a judgment, decision, or determination

双方激战良久，始终胜负难决。

shuāng​fāng jī​zhàn liáng​jiǔ, shǐ​zhōng shèng​fù nán jué.

The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, but the outcome remained undecided.

breach verb
of a dam, dyke, or riverbank, to burst or break through

由于雨量过大，河堤最终被大水冲决了。

yóu​yú yǔ​liàng guò dà, hé​dī zuì​zhōng bèi dà​shuǐ chōng jué le.

The river embankment was eventually breached by the flood due to excessive rain.

execute verb
to carry out a death sentence on someone

古代判处死刑的人，往往要在秋后决。

gǔ​dài pàn​chǔ sǐ​xíng de rén, wǎng​wǎng yào zài qiū​hòu jué.

In ancient times, those sentenced to death were often executed after autumn.

Frequency
Character
Written text
273rd most common 816.3 per million
Movie subtitles
320th most common 486.7 per million appears in 87% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
15.4 per million appears in 6% of films
Written text
23.8 per million

Details
Simplified
决
Strokes
7
Unicode
U+6C7A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)