自決

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zìjué

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi⁶ kyut³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-koat / chū-koat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zìjué
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjyué
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ⁴-chüeh²
    • Yale: dz̀-jywé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjyue
    • Palladius: цзыцзюэ (czyczjue)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi⁶ kyut³
    • Yale: jih kyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi⁶ kyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji⁶ küd³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː²² kʰyːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chīr-koat
    • Tâi-lô: tsīr-kuat
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁴¹⁻²² kuat̚⁵/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chū-koat
    • Tâi-lô: tsū-kuat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zuxkoad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su²²⁻²¹ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su³³⁻²¹ kuat̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su³³⁻¹¹ kuat̚³²/

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”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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

• 自決權／自决权 (zìjuéquán)

 

Japanese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑike̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

自(じ)決(けつ) • (jiketsu) 

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

Derived terms

• 集(しゅう)団(だん)自(じ)決(けつ) (shūdanjiketsu, “mass suicide”)

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”)