Dong Chinese dictionary

jué

cut

Depicts a knife (刀) cutting between threads (絲).

Components

絲 Iconic component

sī

silk, threads

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 絲 than it was in ancient scripts.

刀 Iconic component

dāo

knife

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

jué

cut, sever, break off, terminate; to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means

Most common words with 絕

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