What's the difference between harakiri and seppuku? Read this in a story for English, and the dictionary says

Question

it's the same thing.

Answer 1

One and the same-Japanese ritual suicide. Harakiri refers to cutting or impaling the hara, the center of life energy which is below the navel but above the genitals.

Answer 2

And what I remember is that harakiri refers to men, and sepukku was committed by women.

Answer 3

Same meaning.

"seppuku" sounds a bit formal to me. "kappuku" also has the same meaning. We often say kappuku-jisatsu. "jisatsu" means suicide.