絶 – discontinue, sever, cut off

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The kanji 絶 means discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ゼツ (zetsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is た.える、た.やす、た.つ (taeru, tayasu, tatsu). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ゼツ	zetsu
Kun’yomi	た.える	taeru
Kun’yomi	た.やす	tayasu
Kun’yomi	た.つ	tatsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・色.

Words using 絶

絶対ぜったいabsolutely絶滅ぜつめつextinction絶えずたえずconstantly拒絶きょぜつrefusal絶えるたえるto die out途絶えるとだえるto stop絶版ぜっぱんout of print謝絶しゃぜつrefusal

Example sentences

アーア、絶対うまくいくと思ったのになあ。

Oh man! I was sure this was going to work out.

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絶滅は進化の一部である。

Extinction is part of evolution.

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彼らは絶えずけんかばかりしていた。

They were constantly quarreling.

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Kanji with the same radical

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