jué

cut

Depicts a knife () cutting between threads (). Simplified form of .

Components
丝 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

silk, threads

is a component form of .

刀 iconic component

  Iconic component

dāo

  

knife

Evolution

绝 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
绝 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
绝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
绝 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
绝 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绝 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

jué

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

() 

jué

variant of |[jué]

Most common words with 绝
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绝对

absolute

拒绝

to refuse

绝不

in no way

extinct

绝望

to despair

Statistics

HSK level 6

Appears in 80.1538% of movies

429th most common character in movies

562nd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+7EDD


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