绝
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to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #526 U+7EDD
How 绝 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 色 (phonetic, sè)
How to remember it
discontinue · Heisig RSH #1331
thread + 色 color
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 色
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 色 (sè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 色 sound component | sè | color, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex |
| 铯 | sè | cesium |
Words containing 绝
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 天无绝人之路 | tiān wú jué rén zhī lù | Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never… |
| 绝大多数 | jué dà duō shù | the vast majority |
| 绝对大多数 | jué duì dà duō shù | absolute majority |
| 绝门儿 | jué mén r | extinct profession; lost trade; unique skill; astonishing; fantastic |
| 绝对多数 | jué duì duō shù | absolute majority |
| 绝大部分 | jué dà bù fen | overwhelming majority |
| 香火不绝 | xiāng huǒ bù jué | an unending stream of pilgrims |
| 空前绝后 | kōng qián jué hòu | unprecedented and never to be duplicated; the first and the last; unmatched; unique |
| 绝对数字 | jué duì shù zì | absolute (as opposed to relative) number |
| 绝口不提 | jué kǒu bù tí | (idiom) to avoid mentioning |
| 风华绝代 | fēng huá jué dài | magnificent style unmatched in his generation (idiom); peerless talent |
| 不绝 | bù jué | unending; uninterrupted |
| 绝不 | jué bù | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not |
| 绝学 | jué xué | (literary) lost or nearly lost body of knowledge; (literary) consummate mastery (in a fiel… |
| 绝地 | jué dì | danger spot; Jedi (in Star Wars) |
| 气绝 | qì jué | to take one's last breath; dying |
| 绝气 | jué qì | to expire |
| 不绝于耳 | bù jué yú ěr | (of sound) to never stop; to fall incessantly on the ear; to linger on |
| 绝色 | jué sè | (of a woman) remarkably beautiful; stunning |
| 绝命书 | jué mìng shū | suicide note |