Dong Chinese dictionary

jué

decide

Simplified form of 決. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夬 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "burst open". The meaning later shifted to "clear", "cut off", "decide" and "judge".

Components

冫 Simplified component

bīng

ice

Shorthand for the 氵 component in the traditional character 決. 氵 is a component form of 水.

夬 Sound component

guài

parted, decisive

决 and 夬 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.决 /*[k]ʷˤet/, /*[k]ʷˤet/
夬 /*[k]ʷˤret-s/

Evolution