自決

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See also: 自决

Chinese

from; self; oneself
from; self; oneself; since
 
 breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (自決) 自 決
simp. (自决) 自 决

Pronunciation

Verb

自決

  1. to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
    1. (specifically, government, politics) to have self-determination (political independence of a people)
  2. (literary) to commit suicide

Synonyms

  • (to commit suicide):
Dialectal synonyms of 自殺 (“to commit suicide”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 尋短, 尋短見, 自尋短見, 輕生
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 自殺, 尋短兒, 尋拙志
Taiwan 自殺
Chifeng 自殺
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 自殺
Harbin 自殺
Shenyang 自殺
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 自殺
Tangshan 自殺
Cangzhou 自殺
Baoding 自殺
Shijiazhuang 自殺
Jinan 自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 自殺
Qingdao 自殺
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 尋死
Wanrong 尋短見, 尋死
Zhengzhou 自殺, 自盡
Xi'an 自殺, 自盡
Xining 自殺, 尋短見
Xuzhou 自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 自殺
Lanzhou 自殺, 自盡
Ürümqi 自殺
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 自殺
Chongqing 自殺
Wuhan 自殺, 尋死
Guiyang 自殺, 尋死
Guilin 自殺
Liuzhou 自殺, 尋短見
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 自殺, 自盡, 尋死
Yangzhou 自殺, 自盡, 尋死
Nantong 尋死
Hefei 自殺
Cantonese Hong Kong 自殺
Dongguan 自殺
Nanning 自殺, 自盡
Wuzhou 自殺
Yulin 自殺, 自盡
Hepu (Lianzhou) 自殺, 自盡
Gan Nanchang 自盡
Lichuan 尋死
Pingxiang 尋短見
Hakka Meixian 自盡
Yudu 自縊
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 自殺
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 自殺
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 自殺, 自盡
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 自殺, 自盡
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 自殺, 尋死
Huizhou Jixi 自殺, 尋死
Shexian 自殺
Jin Taiyuan 自殺, 尋死
Xinzhou 尋死
Linhe 自殺
Jining 自殺
Hohhot 自殺
Zhangjiakou 自殺
Handan 自殺
Eastern Min Fuzhou 討死
Southern Min Xiamen 行短路, 揣短路
Quanzhou 行短路, 揣短路
Zhangzhou 行短路, 揣短路
Zhao'an 行短路, 自殺, 自盡
Tainan 行短路
Penang (Hokkien) 自殺
Manila (Hokkien) 自殺
Leizhou 自盡
Haikou 自盡
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 自殺, 自盡
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 尋短見
Wu Shanghai 自殺, 尋死路, 尋死, 尋短見
Shanghai (Chongming) 自家尋死
Suzhou 尋死路, 自殺
Hangzhou 自盡, 尋死
Ningbo 尋死
Wenzhou 自殺
Jinhua 自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路
Xiang Changsha 尋短路
Loudi 尋路, 尋短
Quanzhou 自殺

Derived terms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
自 決
じ
Grade: 2 		けつ
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 自 (“self”) +‎ 決 (“decision”).

Pronunciation

Noun

自(じ)決(けつ) • (jiketsu) 

  1. deciding by oneself; solving by oneself
  2. suicide

Derived terms

Verb

自(じ)決(けつ)する • (jiketsu suru) suru (stem 自(じ)決(けつ)し (jiketsu shi), past 自(じ)決(けつ)した (jiketsu shita))

  1. to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
  2. to commit suicide

Conjugation

Conjugation of "自決する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 自決し じけつし jiketsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 自決し じけつし jiketsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 自決する じけつする jiketsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 自決する じけつする jiketsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 自決すれ じけつすれ jiketsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 自決せよ¹
自決しろ² 		じけつせよ¹
じけつしろ² 		jiketsu seyo¹
jiketsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 自決される じけつされる jiketsu sareru
Causative 自決させる
自決さす 		じけつさせる
じけつさす 		jiketsu saseru
jiketsu sasu
Potential 自決できる じけつできる jiketsu dekiru
Volitional 自決しよう じけつしよう jiketsu shiyō
Negative 自決しない じけつしない jiketsu shinai
Negative continuative 自決せず じけつせず jiketsu sezu
Formal 自決します じけつします jiketsu shimasu
Perfective 自決した じけつした jiketsu shita
Conjunctive 自決して じけつして jiketsu shite
Hypothetical conditional 自決すれば じけつすれば jiketsu sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
自決

Noun

自決 • (jagyeol) (hangeul 자결)

  1. Hanja form? of 자결 (“honorable suicide”).
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