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Kanji Detail for 絶 - "to sever, to cease"

絶

  • Meaning

    絶 means "to sever, to cease." Also associated with extreme.

    1. End - To be cut off; to cease; to perish.

    2. Sever - To cut off; to terminate.

    3. Extremely - Very; exceedingly; supremely.

    4. Cross - To traverse; to pass over.

  • Words using 絶

    • 絶対 ぜったい Listen absolutely; definitely; unconditionally
    • 中絶 ちゅうぜつ Listen abortion; discontinuance; stoppage
    • 絶好 ぜっこう Listen best; ideal; perfect
    • 絶滅 ぜつめつ Listen extinction; extermination; eradication
    • 絶望 ぜつぼう Listen despair; hopelessness
    • 廃絶 はいぜつ Listen abolition; elimination; extinction
    • 絶妙 ぜつみょう Listen exquisite; superb; perfect
    • 根絶 こんぜつ Listen eradication; extermination; rooting out

  • Four-character idioms with 絶

    • 抱腹絶倒 ほうふくぜっとう Listen laughing oneself into convulsions; splitting one's sides laughing; rolling with laughter
    • 断崖絶壁 だんがいぜっぺき Listen precipitous cliff; sheer precipice; critical situation
    • 空前絶後 くうぜんぜつご Listen (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last
    • 精力絶倫 せいりょくぜつりん Listen being of unbounded energy; being with matchless vigor; having endless sexual stamina
    • 絶体絶命 ぜったいぜつめい Listen desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered
    • 韋編三絶 いへんさんぜつ Listen repeated reading; close (careful) reading; careful perusal

  • Tattoo check: 絶

    • Verified meaning: to sever, to cease
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Also carries these associations: extreme

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    discontinue; sever; cut off; abstain; interrupt; suppress; be beyond; without match; peerless; unparalleled

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    cut

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 絕|绝[jue2]

  • Onyomi

    tip

    zetsu(ゼツ) ゼツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    ta.tsu(たつ) たつ

    taeru(た-える) た-える

    tayasu(た-やす) た-やす

  • Strokes

    tip

    12 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    糸 (ito・itohen)

  • Related Keywords

    to sever to cease extreme cross cut off break off endure bear outstanding perish destroy refuse deny separate distant abstain extinct disconnect discontinue eliminate end halt interrupt isolate refrain renounce

Sentences including 絶

  • His help is indispensable to us.

  • I am the last to believe such a thing.

  • I'm on top of the world.

  • What he says is gospel.

  • They despaired of their son.

  • Your idea is absolutely impossible.

  • I'm dead against the plan.

  • I think i'm going to faint.

  • She has broken with him.

  • If you break your promise we're through , right?

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