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IDENTITY

juéto decide; determined

HSK 4Top 350

CORE MEANING

to decide; determined

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to decideHSK4

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
ice radical (bīng)
strokes
6
Structure
left-right compound
IDS sequence
⿰冫夬
    • ice (breaking it)
    • gives the sound jué

USAGE

Common words

决定juédìngto decide
解决jiějuéto solve
决心juéxīndetermination

Graded examples

  • 他决定留在北京。Tā juédìng liú zài Běijīng.HSK4

    He decided to stay in Beijing.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Ice (冫) cracked open (夬) — the break that decides. (From 決.)

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#350
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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