Read Edit View history 決 jué decide Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burst open". The meaning later shifted to "clear", "cut off", "decide" and "judge". Pinyin Separate values with commas jué × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 决 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint 氵 is a component form of 水. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 決 Simp strokes 決 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 決 Simp strokes 決 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 決 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 250, 715 ], [ 329, 666 ], [ 357, 624 ] ], [ [ 161, 500 ], [ 225, 461 ], [ 253, 429 ] ], [ [ 197, 7 ], [ 185, 36 ], [ 183, 91 ], [ 325, 363 ] ], [ [ 425, 505 ], [ 479, 502 ], [ 710, 557 ], [ 748, 552 ], [ 780, 524 ], [ 745, 421 ], [ 714, 390 ] ], [ [ 366, 321 ], [ 419, 316 ], [ 678, 362 ], [ 844, 382 ], [ 931, 367 ] ], [ [ 563, 810 ], [ 612, 762 ], [ 574, 388 ], [ 544, 248 ], [ 502, 156 ], [ 458, 99 ], [ 394, 48 ], [ 320, 15 ] ], [ [ 590, 320 ], [ 599, 284 ], [ 608, 279 ], [ 648, 220 ], [ 731, 119 ], [ 795, 59 ], [ 821, 40 ], [ 957, 14 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 275 668 Q 299 646 325 619 Q 341 604 358 605 Q 371 605 376 621 Q 382 637 372 671 Q 360 702 269 722 Q 251 726 244 723 Q 238 719 240 704 Q 244 691 275 668 Z", "M 170 466 Q 212 417 248 404 Q 264 401 275 417 Q 281 430 277 450 Q 268 475 248 489 Q 212 511 166 511 Q 157 512 153 509 Q 146 508 150 494 Q 151 481 170 466 Z", "M 144 118 Q 132 114 134 96 Q 152 18 185 -1 Q 192 -8 202 -5 Q 211 -4 211 23 Q 217 65 325 343 Q 332 359 331 366 Q 330 376 321 369 Q 311 363 187 164 Q 174 142 144 118 Z", "M 765 397 Q 795 481 829 506 Q 847 525 831 545 Q 749 608 693 576 Q 653 561 616 550 L 566 538 Q 499 525 431 515 Q 412 514 415 503 Q 418 494 438 488 Q 466 476 503 489 Q 531 496 562 501 L 612 512 Q 652 522 693 530 Q 718 536 727 526 Q 737 516 734 495 Q 722 434 707 385 C 699 356 755 369 765 397 Z", "M 590 327 Q 666 346 873 350 Q 933 350 940 360 Q 946 373 928 386 Q 865 428 805 406 Q 786 403 765 397 L 707 385 Q 614 372 595 365 L 542 357 Q 457 347 368 331 Q 347 328 363 311 Q 390 287 446 297 Q 485 307 534 317 L 590 327 Z", "M 616 550 Q 629 697 657 757 Q 666 772 654 785 Q 632 806 590 820 Q 563 829 554 822 Q 544 815 551 801 Q 573 761 574 710 Q 573 622 566 538 L 562 501 Q 555 417 542 357 L 534 317 Q 504 164 381 66 Q 312 18 312 15 Q 313 11 326 11 Q 342 7 381 21 Q 534 73 581 290 L 595 365 Q 599 390 602 418 Q 606 466 612 512 L 616 550 Z", "M 581 290 Q 758 -11 817 -12 Q 883 -3 939 4 Q 964 7 963 13 Q 964 20 937 36 Q 790 109 728 172 Q 641 259 590 327 L 588 327 C 567 348 566 316 581 290 Z" ] } 7 strokes 決 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 244, 712 ], [ 339, 657 ], [ 353, 607 ] ], [ [ 157, 499 ], [ 227, 461 ], [ 265, 410 ] ], [ [ 139, 102 ], [ 195, 53 ], [ 325, 365 ] ], [ [ 420, 507 ], [ 747, 555 ], [ 787, 514 ], [ 720, 379 ] ], [ [ 362, 324 ], [ 826, 380 ], [ 935, 373 ] ], [ [ 554, 815 ], [ 615, 758 ], [ 545, 254 ], [ 453, 98 ], [ 319, 19 ] ], [ [ 583, 322 ], [ 781, 70 ], [ 839, 33 ], [ 958, 17 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M275,668C291,655 307,637 325,619C335,609 346,605 358,605C366,606 372,611 376,621C379,632 379,649 372,671C364,692 329,709 269,722C257,725 248,726 244,723C239,721 237,714 240,704C241,696 255,685 275,668Z", "M170,466C199,435 223,412 248,404C258,401 268,406 275,417C279,426 280,437 277,450C272,467 261,481 248,489C224,505 196,511 166,511C160,512 156,511 153,509C148,508 148,504 150,494C151,486 158,478 170,466Z", "M144,118C137,114 131,108 134,96C144,44 163,13 185,-1C190,-4 195,-6 202,-5C207,-3 209,6 211,23C213,52 252,158 325,343C329,354 331,362 331,366C330,373 327,374 321,369C314,365 269,297 187,164C178,150 165,133 144,118Z", "M765,397C785,453 807,488 829,506C842,518 844,534 831,545C778,590 731,595 693,576C667,564 641,556 616,550C583,542 583,542 566,538C521,528 476,521 431,515C418,514 412,511 415,503C416,497 425,493 438,488C457,481 473,479 499,485C524,492 540,497 562,501C595,508 595,508 612,512C638,518 665,525 693,530C709,534 720,533 727,526C733,520 736,509 734,495C726,455 717,418 707,385C703,366 758,379 765,397Z", "M592,327C643,336 735,348 873,350C913,351 936,353 940,360C944,369 940,378 928,386C886,415 845,419 805,406C792,403 779,400 765,397C726,389 726,389 707,385C645,373 608,367 595,365C560,360 560,360 542,357C485,349 427,342 368,331C354,329 351,322 363,311C380,295 408,290 446,297C472,303 501,312 534,317C573,324 573,324 592,327Z", "M616,550C626,648 637,718 657,757C662,768 662,777 654,785C639,800 618,811 590,820C572,826 560,827 554,822C547,818 546,811 551,801C565,775 574,744 574,710C574,652 572,594 566,538C563,513 563,513 562,501C556,446 550,398 542,357C537,330 537,330 534,317C513,216 464,130 381,66C336,33 311,17 312,15C312,13 317,13 326,11C336,10 355,10 381,21C493,72 558,169 581,290C590,340 590,340 595,365C598,382 608,482 612,512C615,537 615,537 616,550Z", "M581,290C699,90 777,-14 817,-12C861,-9 901,0 939,4C955,7 963,9 963,13C963,18 955,27 937,36C839,86 769,131 728,172C670,231 626,282 592,327C577,346 567,309 581,290Z" ] } 7 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source 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