决 — to decide; to determine
to decide; to determine; to execute; to breach or burst
- Pinyin
- jué
- Strokes
- 6
- HSK level
- HSK 3
- Handwriting
- recognition only
How to write 决: 6 strokes
Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.
Words with 决 in the HSK syllabus: 13
Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.
- 解决jiějuéto solve; to resolve; to settleHSK 3
- 决定juédìngto decide; to determine; to make up one's mindHSK 3
- 决赛juésàifinalsHSK 5
- 决心juéxīndetermination; resolution; determinedHSK 5
- 坚决jiānjuéfirm; resolute; determinedHSK 6
- 决策juécèstrategic decision; decision-making; policy decisionHSK 6
- 表决biǎojuéto decide by vote; to voteHSK 7–9
- 裁决cáijuéruling; adjudicationHSK 7–9
- 否决fǒujuéto veto; to overruleHSK 7–9
- 决议juéyìa resolution; to pass a resolutionHSK 7–9
- 判决pànjuéjudgment; to pass judgment on; to sentenceHSK 7–9
- 取决qǔjuéto hinge on; to be decided by; to depend onHSK 7–9
- 犹豫不决yóuyù-bùjuéhesitancy; indecision; to waverHSK 7–9
Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.