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Kanji Detail for 絕 - "sever, separate, cease, excel, extremely"
絕
- Meaning
絕 means "sever, separate, cease, excel, extremely."
Sever - To cut off; to stop; to refuse; to decline.
Separate - To be distant; to be estranged.
Cease - To be interrupted; to disappear; to perish.
Excel - To stand out; to surpass.
Extremely - Very; exceedingly.
Cross - To traverse; to pass through.
Never - Absolutely; by no means.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cut, sever, break off, terminate
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to cut, to sever; to break off, to terminate
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
To sever. Such as saying 不絕如縷 (hanging by a thread). All cutting across is called 絕. Such as saying crossing the current. | To extinguish. To end. Such as calling death 絕命. Having no heirs is called 絕嗣. | Complete absence is called 絕. Such as saying 絕無僅有 (extremely rare). Now saying 絕對贊成 (absolutely agree), 絕對反對 (absolutely oppose). Also this meaning. 絕對 means without counterpart. | Being unique is called 絕. Such as saying the three perfections of poetry, calligraphy, and painting. Also, outstanding beauty is also called 絕色. | Separated and not connected is called 絕. Such as 絕域 (remote region), 絕地 (isolated land). | To refuse is called 絕. Such as 絕交 (break off relations). | A particle. Meaning extremely. Such as saying to highly value someone. | 絕句. A poetry form. Four lines make one poem. Seven-character is called 七絕. Five-character is called 五絕.
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