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Kanji Detail for 定 - "decide, settle, certain"

  • Meaning

    定 means "decide, settle, certain."

    1. Decide - To determine; to fix.

    2. Settle - To establish; to stabilize.

    3. Certain - Fixed; definite; sure.

    4. Regulation - A rule; a standard.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    determine; fix; establish; decide

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    decide, settle, fix

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to fix; to set; to make definite; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to book (tickets etc); to order (goods etc); to congeal; to coagulate; (literary) definitely

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to decide, to fix, to settle; to order; definite, fixed, sure

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Settled. Such as 定妥, 定當. Meaning settled properly without further movement. Hence, already governed and peaceful is called 事局大定. | To settle something is also 定. Such as 安邦定國, 昏定晨省. | Determining whether something is acceptable is 定. Such as 審定, 規定. | Things that cannot be changed are called 定. Such as 定義, 定例. Particles like 定可, 定能 all mean without any doubt. | Mutual agreements are called 定. Such as 協定. Pre-ordering goods is called 定製, 定造. Betrothal ceremonies are also called 定. Such as 下定, 文定. | A star name. Another name for 營室. See (Book of Odes). | Forehead. Originally written as 顁. (Book of Odes) "The qilin's forehead."
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  • The party is to be held next sunday.

  • We cannot make a change in our schedule.

  • We have to stay a decision until he comes back.

  • We are going to hold a farewell party for him.

  • He is due to start for paris.

  • He assigned me three books to read.

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