Seppuku Definition

sĕpo͝o-ko͝o, sĕ-po͝o-
noun
Webster's New World
Ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practiced by Japanese samurai.
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Noun

Singular:
seppuku
Plural:
seppukus

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 )

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Japanese 切腹, せっぷく (seppuku), from Middle Chinese 切 (t͡set "to cut") + 腹 (pjuwk "belly") (compare Cantonese tsit-fuk 切腹, Mandarin qiēfù 切腹).

    From Wiktionary

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