裁決

See also: 裁决

Chinese

		cut out (as a dress); cut; trim cut out (as a dress); cut; trim; reduce; diminish; decision; judgement	breach (a dyke); to decide; to determine
trad. (裁決)		裁	決
simp. (裁决)		裁	决

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cáijué

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): coi⁴ kyut³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): chhài-kiet / chhài-kiat

(Hailu, HRS): cai gied
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhâi-koat

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cáijué
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄞˊ ㄐㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cáijyué
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻai²-chüeh²
  - Yale: tsái-jywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsairjyue
  - Palladius: цайцзюэ (cajczjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰaɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: coi⁴ kyut³
  - Yale: chòih kyut
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsoi⁴ kyt⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: coi⁴ küd³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɔːi̯²¹ kʰyːt̚³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhài-kiet
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˇ gied^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai² giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯¹¹ ki̯et̚²/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhài-kiat
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai^ˇ giad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cai² giad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai̯¹¹ ki̯at̚²/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: cai gied
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰai⁵⁵ kiet⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhâi-koat
  - Tâi-lô: tshâi-kuat
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zhai'koad
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻²² kuat̚⁵/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰai¹³⁻²² kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰai²⁴⁻¹¹ kuat̚³²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰai²³⁻³³ kuat̚³²/

Middle Chinese: dzoj kwet

Rime
Character	裁	決
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	從 (15)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	咍 (41)	屑 (88)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed
Division (等)	I	IV
Fanqie	昨哉切	古穴切
Baxter	dzoj	kwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡zʌi/	/kwet̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zəi/	/kʷet̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zɒi/	/kuɛt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zəj/	/kwɛt̚/
Li Rong	/d͡zᴀi/	/kuet̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zɒi/	/kiwet̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡zʱɑ̆i/	/kiwet̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	cái	jue
Expected Cantonese Reflex	coi⁴	gyut³

Verb

裁決

(law) to adjudicate; to rule; to return
(Classical) to decide after consideration

Synonyms

(to adjudicate): 裁定 (cáidìng)

Noun

裁決

(law) ruling; verdict
decision over an issue

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (裁決):

→ Japanese: 裁決(さいけつ) (saiketsu)
→ Korean: 재결(裁決) (jaegyeol)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
裁	決
さい Grade: 6	けつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいけつ [sàíkétsú] (Heiban – [0])
(Tokyo) さいけつ [sáꜜìkètsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
IPA^(key): [sa̠ike̞t͡sɨ]

Noun

裁(さい)決(けつ) • (saiketsu)

decision over an issue
adjudication, judgement at court
- 2024 February 28, 田村貴昭, quotee, “第213回国会　衆議院　予算委員会第六分科会　第2号　令和6年2月28日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館, retrieved 3 October 2025:
  不服申請も、熊本、鹿児島、新潟、三県の全体で百二十件の審査請求があっていますが、取消し裁決となったのは僅か一件です。
  Fufuku shinsei mo, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Niigata, Mie no zentai de hyaku nijū-ken no shinsa seikyū ga atte i masu ga, torikeshi saiketsu to natta no wa wazuka ikken desu.
  There were 120 appeals for review across the three prefectures of Kumamoto, Kagoshima, and Niigata, but only one resulted in a decision to cancel the order.

Verb

裁(さい)決(けつ)する • (saiketsu suru) transitive suru (stem 裁(さい)決(けつ)し (saiketsu shi), past 裁(さい)決(けつ)した (saiketsu shita))

to decide at a formal meeting over an issue.
to adjudicate, judge at court

Conjugation

Conjugation of "裁決する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	裁決し	さいけつし	saiketsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	裁決し	さいけつし	saiketsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	裁決する	さいけつする	saiketsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	裁決する	さいけつする	saiketsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	裁決すれ	さいけつすれ	saiketsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	裁決せよ¹ 裁決しろ²	さいけつせよ¹ さいけつしろ²	saiketsu seyo¹ saiketsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	裁決される	さいけつされる	saiketsu sareru
Causative	裁決させる裁決さす	さいけつさせるさいけつさす	saiketsu saseru saiketsu sasu
Potential	裁決できる	さいけつできる	saiketsu dekiru
Volitional	裁決しよう	さいけつしよう	saiketsu shiyō
Negative	裁決しない	さいけつしない	saiketsu shinai
Negative continuative	裁決せず	さいけつせず	saiketsu sezu
Formal	裁決します	さいけつします	saiketsu shimasu
Perfective	裁決した	さいけつした	saiketsu shita
Conjunctive	裁決して	さいけつして	saiketsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	裁決すれば	さいけつすれば	saiketsu sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

“裁決”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026