JōyōJLPT N3Kanken 6
絶

Meaning

Kanji 絶

discontinue

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

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Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み
た.えるた.やすた.つ
Onyomi 音読み
ゼツ
Nanori 名乗り
-

Variant: 绝 (Itaiji) , 𢇍 (Itaiji) • Old form: 絕 • Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō
Grade 5
JLPT
JLPT N3
Frequency
#784
Strokes
12
Radical
糸
Components
小 • 幺 • 糸 • 色
Kanji Kentei
Level 6
Similar Kanji
琶 • 鈀 • 豝 • 艴 • 靶 • 巴 • 把

Related vocabulary

36 common entries

Showing 36 of 228 entries that include this kanji.

断つ

たつ

to abstain (from)

絶対

ぜったい

absoluteness

絶好

ぜっこう

best

絶望

ぜつぼう

despair

絶句

ぜっく

jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

絶える

たえる

to die out

絶交

ぜっこう

breaking off a relationship

絶賛

ぜっさん

high praise

絶やす

たやす

to let (fire) go out

絶叫

ぜっきょう

scream

絶滅

ぜつめつ

extinction

絶えず

たえず

constantly

Example sentences

5 reference sentences

彼は酒を絶った。

he gave up alcohol.

戦争で村への道が絶たれた。

the road to the village was cut off by the war.

希望を絶ってはいけない。

you must not give up hope.

その古い習慣は今では絶えた。

that old custom has now died out.

雨で電波が絶えた。

the signal was interrupted by the rain.