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

定

  • Meaning

    定 means "to decide, to 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.

  • Words using 定

    • 予定 よてい Listen plans; arrangement; schedule
    • 協定 きょうてい Listen arrangement; pact; agreement
    • 決定 けってい Listen decision; determination
    • 安定 あんてい Listen stability; steadiness; consistency
    • 定数 ていすう Listen fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant
    • 暫定 ざんてい Listen provisional; temporary; tentative
    • 一定 いってい Listen to fix; to settle; to standardize
    • 定期 ていき Listen fixed period; fixed term; regular

  • Four-character idioms with 定

    • 会者定離 えしゃじょうり Listen those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part
    • 兵隊勘定 へいたいかんじょう Listen Dutch treat; going Dutch
    • 安定成長 あんていせいちょう Listen stable growth
    • 杓子定規 しゃくしじょうぎ Listen strict; hidebound; inflexible
    • 百舌勘定 もずかんじょう Listen splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill
    • 老少不定 ろうしょうふてい Listen death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life

  • Tattoo check: 定

    • Verified meaning: to decide, to settle, certain
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さだ, さだし, さだじ, さだずみ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 定

    Given names 定(さだ)Listen 定(さだし)Listen 定(さだみ)Listen 定(さだむ)Listen 定(じょう)Listen

    Surnames 定(さだじ)Listen 定(さだずみ)Listen 定(さだつぐ)Listen 定(さだのり)Listen 定(さだむね)Listen 定(さだめ)Listen 定(さだゆき)Listen

  • 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."

  • Onyomi

    tip

    joh(ジョウ) ジョウ

    tei(テイ) テイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    sada.ka(さだ-か) さだ-か

    sada.meru(さだ-める) さだ-める

    sadamaru(さだ-まる) さだ-まる

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    to decide to settle certain purification regulation fixed established appoint confirm constant definite designate determine prescribe regular rule specify stabilize stable steady

Sentences including 定

  • He will reach kyoto the day after tomorrow.

  • At a given time.

  • The question is who will make the decision.

  • When will you get through with work?

  • 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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