Seppuku Definition

sĕpo͝o-ko͝o, sĕ-po͝o-
noun

Hara-kiri.

Webster's New World
Ritual suicide by disembowelment formerly practiced by Japanese samurai.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Seppuku

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 fù)

    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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Words Starting With

SSESEP

Words Ending With

UKUUKU

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