切腹

Chinese
close to; to cut; to slice abdomen; stomach; belly
trad. (切腹) 切 腹
simp. #(切腹) 切 腹

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 切腹(せっぷく) (seppuku).

Pronunciation

Verb

切⫽腹 (verb-object) (intransitive)

  1. to commit ritualized self-disembowelment; to commit ritualized suicide; to commit harakiri; to commit seppuku

Japanese
Kanji in this term
切 腹
せつ > せっ
Grade: 2		 ふく > ぷく
Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

切 (setsu, “to cut”) +‎ 腹 (fuku, “belly”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) せっぷく [sèppúkú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [se̞p̚pɯ̟̊ᵝkɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Homophones: 折伏, 説伏, 説服

Noun

切(せっ)腹(ぷく) • (seppuku) 

  1. seppuku (ritual suicide by disembowelment)
    Synonym: 腹切り (harakiri)
    • 2004 September 8, Hideaki Sorachi, “第(だい)十(じゅう)七(なな)訓(くん)　酔(よ)ってなくても酔(よ)ったふりして上(じょう)司(し)のヅラ取(と)れ”, in 銀(ぎん)魂(たま) (銀(ぎん)魂(たま)), volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN:
      いけェェ　局(きょく)長(ちょう)ォ‼
      Ikēe Kyokuchōo‼
      Gooo, Captain!
      死(し)ねェ　副(ふく)長(ちょう)‼
      Shinē Fukuchō‼
      Dieee, Vice-Captain!
      誰(だれ)だ今(いま)死(し)ねっつったの‼切(せっ)腹(ぷく)だコラァ‼
      Dare da ima shinettsutta no‼ Seppuku da korā‼
      Who said die!? Seppuku, now!

Descendants
  • → Chinese: 切腹 (qiēfù)
  • → Danish: seppuku
  • → English: seppuku
  • → Polish: seppuku
  • → Portuguese: seppuku
  • → Russian: сэппуку (sɛppuku)

Verb

切(せっ)腹(ぷく)する • (seppuku suru) suru (stem 切(せっ)腹(ぷく)し (seppuku shi), past 切(せっ)腹(ぷく)した (seppuku shita))

  1. to commit seppuku

Conjugation
Conjugation of "切腹する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 切腹し せっぷくし seppuku shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 切腹し せっぷくし seppuku shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 切腹する せっぷくする seppuku suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 切腹する せっぷくする seppuku suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 切腹すれ せっぷくすれ seppuku sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 切腹せよ¹
切腹しろ²		 せっぷくせよ¹
せっぷくしろ²		 seppuku seyo¹
seppuku shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 切腹される せっぷくされる seppuku sareru
Causative 切腹させる
切腹さす		 せっぷくさせる
せっぷくさす		 seppuku saseru
seppuku sasu
Potential 切腹できる せっぷくできる seppuku dekiru
Volitional 切腹しよう せっぷくしよう seppuku shiyō
Negative 切腹しない せっぷくしない seppuku shinai
Negative continuative 切腹せず せっぷくせず seppuku sezu
Formal 切腹します せっぷくします seppuku shimasu
Perfective 切腹した せっぷくした seppuku shita
Conjunctive 切腹して せっぷくして seppuku shite
Hypothetical conditional 切腹すれば せっぷくすれば seppuku sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

References
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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