絶
cut off; utmost; discontinue; sever; abstain; interrupt; suppress; be beyond
12 strokes. Taught in grade 5. Newspaper frequency rank 784.
Readings
- ゼツ (on reading): 絶対 (ぜったい) absolutely; 絶妙 (ぜつみょう) exquisite
- たえる (kun reading): 絶える (たえる) to die out; 途絶える (とだえる) to stop
- たやす (kun reading): 絶やす (たやす) to exterminate; 根絶やし (ねだやし) rooting up (weeds, etc.)
- たつ (kun reading): 跡を絶つ (あとをたつ) to wipe out; 禍根を絶つ (かこんをたつ) to strike at the root of an evil
Components
Words using 絶
- 絶対 (ぜったい) absolutely
- 絶妙 (ぜつみょう) exquisite
- 絶滅 (ぜつめつ) extinction
- 気絶 (きぜつ) faint
- 絶望 (ぜつぼう) despair
- 絶える (たえる) to die out
- 途絶える (とだえる) to stop
- 絶え間 (たえま) interval
- 死に絶える (しにたえる) to die out
- 絶えず (たえず) constantly
- 絶やす (たやす) to exterminate
- 根絶やし (ねだやし) rooting up (weeds, etc.)
- 酒を絶やす (さけをたやす) to run out of sake
- 跡を絶つ (あとをたつ) to wipe out
- 禍根を絶つ (かこんをたつ) to strike at the root of an evil
- 連絡を絶つ (れんらくをたつ) to lose contact with (someone)
- 後を絶たず (あとをたたず) never ceasing
- 後を絶たない (あとをたたない) unceasing
- 勝絶 (しょうせつ) (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F)
231 words in all.