hara-kiri
Origin of seppuku
Japanese from Sino-Japanese setsu, cut + huku, bellyseppuku
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seppuku
noun
Ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practiced by Japanese samurai. Also called hara-kiri .
Origin of seppuku
Japanese setsu to cut ( from Middle Chinese tshiat ) ( also the source of Mandarin qiè ) fuku stomach, abdomen ( from Middle Chinese fuwk ) ( also the source of Mandarin fù )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(countable and uncountable, plural seppukus or seppuku)
- A form of ritual suicide by disembowelment using a blade, practiced by Japanese samurai, especially to rid oneself of shame, as a means of protest or, formerly, as a method of capital punishment.
Origin
From Japanese 切腹, ã›ã£ã·ã (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (tÍ¡set "to cut") + è…¹ (pjuwk "belly") (compare Cantonese tsit-fuk 切腹, Mandarin qiÄ“fù 切腹).
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