决

jué

to decide

to determine; to execute (sb); (of a dam etc) to breach or burst; definitely; certainly

ice (冫) + split (夬) = a decisive break

The image is of water or ice forcing a breach — a dam bursting, a cut that cannot be undone. That irreversible rupture is the root of deciding: once the break is made, there is no going back.

冫+夬→决
冫IceSemantic
夬A notched piecePhonetic, Semantic

我们决定明天一起去爬山。

wǒ men jué dìng míng tiān yī qǐ qù pá shān。

We decided to go hiking together tomorrow.

这件事他决不会答应的。

zhè jiàn shì tā jué bù huì dā yìng de。

He will definitely not agree to this matter.

Words with 决

速决

sù jué

quick decision

悬而未决

xuán ér wèi jué

(idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance

毅然决然

yì rán jué rán

without hesitation

速战速决

sù zhàn sù jué

(idiom) to adopt a blitzkrieg strategy; to resolve sth in the shortest time possible

决策

jué cè

strategic decision

枪决

qiāng jué

to execute by firing squad

否决

fǒu jué

to veto

否决权

fǒu jué quán

veto power

运筹帷幄之中,决胜千里之外

yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

远未解决

yuǎn wèi jiě jué

far from solved

一决雌雄

yī jué cí xióng

to have a showdown; to fight for mastery; to compete for a championship

下定决心

xià dìng jué xīn

to make a firm resolution

More characters with 冫

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