# 自決
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zìjué
    (Zhuyin): ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zi$^6$ kyut$^3$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chīr-koat / chū-koat
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zìjué
*** Zhuyin: ㄗˋ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: zìhjyué
*** Wade–Giles: tzŭ$^4$-chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: dz̀-jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyhjyue
*** Palladius: цзыцзюэ (czyczjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$自決／自决 自絕／自绝 自覺／自觉
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zi$^6$ kyut$^3$
*** Yale: jih kyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzi$^6$ kyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ji$^6$ küd$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
* to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
** (specifically, government, politics) to have self-determination (political independence of a people)
* (literary) to commit suicide

#### Synonyms

* (to commit suicide):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 自殺, 自盡, 自裁, 自戕, 自決, 自引 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 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 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 自殺 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 自殺 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 自殺, 尋死, 尋短見, 自尋短見 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 自殺 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 自殺 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 尋短見, 尋死 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋無常, 尋短, 尋死 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 自殺 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 自殺 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 自殺, 尋短見 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 自殺, 自盡, 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 尋死 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 自殺 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 自盡 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 尋死 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 尋短見 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 自縊 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 自殺 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 自殺, 自盡 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 自殺 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 自殺, 尋死 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 尋死 |
| Jin | Linhe | 自殺 |
| Jin | Jining | 自殺 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 自殺 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 自殺 |
| Jin | Handan | 自殺 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 討死 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 行短路, 揣短路 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 行短路, 自殺, 自盡 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 行短路 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 自殺 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 自盡 |
| Southern Min | 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 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 自家尋死 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 尋死路, 自殺 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 自盡, 尋死 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 尋死 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 自殺 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 自殺自, 自殺, 尋死, 尋死短見, 尋頭路 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 尋短路 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 尋路, 尋短 |
| Xiang | 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: [d͡ʑike̞t͡sɨ]

### Noun

自(じ)決(けつ) • (jiketsu)
* deciding by oneself; solving by oneself
* 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))
* to decide by oneself; to solve by oneself
* to commit suicide

#### Conjugation

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)
* hanja form of 자결 (“honorable suicide”)