How many syllables in seppuku?

There are 3 syllables in the word seppuku.

How to pronounce seppuku:

seppuku (noun):: hara-kiri sense 1; noun. ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society.

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