絶 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
道6Elementary year 5 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
- On
- ゼツぜつ · zetsu
- Kun
- た(える)・た(つ)ta(eru) · ta(tsu)
- Meaning
- to cease; sever; extremely
Stroke order
Origin
糸 "thread" with 刀 "knife" and 卩 "person"; a person cutting the thread through — "to sever, to cease."
Readings and examples
| Onゼツぜつzetsu | 絶妙ぜつみょう絶食ぜっしょく断絶だんぜつ |
|---|---|
| Kunたえるtaeru | 絶えるたえる |
| Kunたやすtayasu | 絶やすたやす |
| Kunたつtatsu | 絶つたつ Compare: 裁つ・断つ |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 絶対ぜったい
absolutely
- 気絶きぜつ
fainting
- 絶叫ぜっきょう
- 拒絶きょぜつ
- 絶滅危惧種ぜつめつきぐしゅ
- 凄絶せいぜつ
- 杜絶とぜつ
- 絶讃ぜっさん
Example
絶対にあきらめない。
I will absolutely not give up.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)