■ radical
jué
to decide
How it’s built
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".
冫
simplified
ice — Shorthand for the 氵 component in the traditional character 決. 氵 is a component form of 水.
夬
sound
decisive — The pronunciation of 決 was similar to 夬 in old Chinese, but they no longer sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. 夬 also serves as a meaning component.