絕

See also: 絶 and 绝

絕 U+7D55, 絕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D55 ← 絔 [U+7D54] CJK Unified Ideographs 絖 → [U+7D56]

Translingual

Traditional	絕
Shinjitai	絶
Simplified	绝

Han character

絕 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹山 (VFSHU), four-corner 2791₇, composition ⿰糹⿱刀巴 or ⿰糸⿱刀巴)

Related characters

• 絶 (Japanese kanji. Also the preferred form for traditional Chinese in mainland China)
• 绝 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• KangXi: page 922, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27407
• Dae Jaweon: page 1355, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3396, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7D55

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Chinese

trad.		絕/絶
simp.		绝
alternative forms		㔃 𢇍 ancient 𠤉 ancient 撧／𪮖 𢴭

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 絕
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (絕) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
蕝	*ʔsods, *ʔsod
脃	*sʰods
脆	*sʰods
絕	*zod

Originally ideogrammic compound (會意): 刀 (“knife”) + 幺 (“silk”) or ideogrammic compound (會意): 刀 (“knife”) + 𢆶 (“silk”) — to cut silk threads.

Now phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 糹 (“silk”) + semantic 刀 (“knife”) + phonetic 巴 (卪).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): jué (jue²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): jue²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou, Jyutping): zyut⁶, zyut³

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): duut⁵

• Gan (Wiktionary): qyot⁷
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chhie̍t

  (Meixian, Guangdong): qiêd⁶

• Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁵
• Min Bei (KCR): cṳè
• Min Dong (BUC): cuŏk
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): che̍h / che̍rh / chēr / choa̍t

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zoh⁸

• Wu (Wiktionary): xxiq (T5)
• Xiang (Wiktionary): zie⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: jué
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕɥɛ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: jue²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gye
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕye²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶, zyut³
    • Yale: jyuht, jyut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹, dzyt⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶, jud³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyːt̚²/, /t͡ʃyːt̚³/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: duut⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɵt̚³²/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: qyot⁷
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰyɵt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhie̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰi̯et̚⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: qiêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡ɕʰiɛt̚⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jyeh⁵
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syɛ⁴²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suoʔ⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍h
    • Tâi-lô: tse̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zeh
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /t͡seʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡seʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Yilan): /t͡seʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Tainan): /t͡seʔ⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: che̍rh
    • Tâi-lô: tse̍rh
    • IPA (Lukang): /t͡səʔ³⁵/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡səʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /t͡səʔ⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Sanxia)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēr
    • Tâi-lô: tsēr
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoat
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /t͡suat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴/

Note:

• che̍h/che̍rh/chēr - vernacular;
• choa̍t - literary.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: zoh⁸
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tso̍h
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡soʔ⁴/

Wu

• (Shanghainese)
  • Wiktionary: xxiq (T5)
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʑ̥i̯ɪʔ¹²/

Xiang

• (Changsha)
  • Wiktionary: zie⁶
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /t͡sie̞²⁴/
  • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /t͡ɕie̞²⁴/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 絕
Mandarin	Beijing	/t͡ɕyɛ³⁵/
	Harbin	/t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡ɕye⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/t͡ɕyə⁴²/
	Qingdao	/t͡syə⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/t͡syɛ⁴²/
	Xi'an	/t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/
	Xining	/t͡ɕyu²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/t͡ɕye¹³/
	Lanzhou	/t͡ɕyə⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/t͡ɕyɤ⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/t͡ɕie²¹³/
	Chengdu	/t͡ɕye³¹/
	Guiyang	/t͡ɕie²¹/
	Kunming	/t͡ɕiɛ³¹/
	Nanjing	/t͡syeʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/t͡ɕyaʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/ʑiɪʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/ziəʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/d͡ʑiəʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/jy²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/
	Tunxi	/t͡ɕyɛ⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/t͡sie²⁴/
	Xiangtan	/t͡sie²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡ɕʰyɵʔ²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰiet̚⁵/
	Taoyuan	/t͡sʰiet̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡syt̚²/
	Nanning	/t͡syt̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/t͡syt̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡suat̚⁵/ /t͡seʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡suoʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡syɛ⁴²/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡soʔ⁵/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/tuak̚³/

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• Middle Chinese: /d͡ziuᴇt̚/

Rime
Character	絕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	從 (15)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	情雪切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ziuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡zʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡zjuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡zwiat̚/
Li Rong	/d͡ziuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/d͡zĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/d͡zʱi̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	jué
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ot/

  (Zhengzhang): /*zod/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	絕
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	jué
Middle Chinese	‹ dzjwet ›
Old Chinese	/*[dz]ot/
English	cut off
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	絕
Reading #	1/1
No.	7252
Phonetic component	絕
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	絕
Old Chinese	/*zod/

Definitions

絕

1. to break off; to cut off; to sever

   斷絕／断绝  ―  duànjué  ―  to break off; to cut off

   絕望／绝望  ―  juéwàng  ―  to despair; to give up hope

   • 鍾子期死，伯牙破琴絕弦，終身不復鼓琴，以為世無足復為鼓琴者。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     钟子期死，伯牙破琴绝弦，终身不复鼓琴，以为世无足复为鼓琴者。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE

     Zhōng Zǐqī sǐ, Bó Yá pò qín jué xián, zhōngshēn bù fù gǔqín, yǐwèi shì wú zú fù wéi gǔqín zhě. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

   • 未至身，秦王驚，自引而起，袖絕。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     未至身，秦王惊，自引而起，袖绝。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Wèi zhì shēn, Qín wáng jīng, zì yǐn ér qǐ, xiù jué. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. to terminate; to discontinue; to break off

   源源不絕／源源不绝  ―  yuányuánbùjué  ―  to flow continuously without stopping

3. to exhaust; to use up

   彈盡糧絕／弹尽粮绝  ―  dànjìnliángjué  ―  to have used up all ammunition and food supply

   話不要說得太絕。／话不要说得太绝。  ―  Huà bùyào shuō dé tài jué.  ―  Don’t say anything uncompromising.

   • 自以為尚遲，疾走不休，絕力而死。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     自以为尚迟，疾走不休，绝力而死。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhuangzi, circa 3^rd – 2^nd centuries BCE

     Zì yǐwéi shàng chí, jí zǒu bùxiū, jué lì ér sǐ. [Pinyin]

     He thought he was going too slow, and ran on with all his speed without stopping, till his strength was exhausted and he died.

4. superb; peerless; matchless

   絕技／绝技  ―  juéjì  ―  unique skill

   拍案叫絕／拍案叫绝  ―  pāi'ànjiàojué  ―  bang one’s fist on the table and shout with pleasure

   這身材太絕了／这身材太绝了  ―  zhè shēncái tài jué le  ―  This figure is superb!

5. desperate; dangerous without a way out

   絕路／绝路  ―  juélù  ―  road to ruin; blind alley; dead end

   • 絕地無留 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     绝地无留 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Art of War, circa 5^th century BCE

     juédì wú liú [Pinyin]

     Do not linger in dangerously isolated positions.

6. extremely; most

   絕大多數／绝大多数  ―  jué dàduōshù  ―  the overwhelming majority

   絕好時機／绝好时机  ―  juéhǎo shíjī  ―  excellent opportunity

7. (used before a negative) absolutely; definitely; certainly

   絕不可能／绝不可能  ―  jué bù kěnéng  ―  to have absolutely no possibility that

   絕無此意／绝无此意  ―  jué wú cǐ yì  ―  to have absolutely no such intentions

   我絕不會拋棄你。／我绝不会抛弃你。  ―  Wǒ jué bùhuì pāoqì nǐ.  ―  I will definitely never abandon you.

8. to die

   悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝  ―  bēitòngyùjué  ―  to be grief-stricken

   • 嗟嗟子厚，今也則亡。臨絕之音，一何琅琅？ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     嗟嗟子厚，今也则亡。临绝之音，一何琅琅？ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 9th century, Han Yu, 祭柳子厚文

     Jiējiē Zǐhòu, jīn yě zé wáng. Lín jué zhī yīn, yīhé lángláng? [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

9. (literary) to cross

   • 假舟楫者，非能水也，而絕江河。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     假舟楫者，非能水也，而绝江河。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Xunzi, c. 3^rd century BCE

     Jiǎ zhōují zhě, fēi néng shuǐ yě, ér jué jiānghé. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

10. (poetry) jueju; quatrain

    七絕／七绝  ―  qījué  ―  heptasyllabic quatrain

11. (literary) faraway; distant; remote

Synonyms

• (to break off):

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• 祝 (zhù) (literary)
• 斷絕／断绝 (duànjué)

• 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
• 隔斷／隔断 (géduàn)

• 隔絕／隔绝 (géjué)
• 隔離／隔离 (gélí)

• (to terminate):

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Synonyms of 絕

• 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
• 停 (tíng)
• 停歇 (tíngxiē)
• 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
• 放煞 (Min Nan)
• 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
• 止息 (zhǐxī)

• 止煞 (Min Nan)
• 煞 (Min Nan)
• 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
• 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
• 中斷／中断 (zhōngduàn)
• 夭閼／夭阏 (yǎo'è)
• 斷站／断站 (Min Nan)

• 斷節／断节 (Min Nan)
• 暫停／暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
• 終止／终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
• 罷休／罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
• 罷手／罢手 (bàshǒu)
• 間斷／间断 (jiànduàn)
• 頓／顿 (dùn)

• (to exhaust):

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• 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
• 用光 (yòngguāng)
• 用掉 (yòngdiào)

• 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
• 用盡／用尽 (yòngjìn)
• 窮盡／穷尽 (qióngjìn)

• 竭盡／竭尽 (jiéjìn)
• 耗盡／耗尽 (hàojìn)

• (absolutely): 絕對／绝对 (juéduì), 千萬／千万 (qiānwàn), 萬萬／万万 (wànwàn), (Cantonese) 千祈 (cin1 kei4), (Min Nan) 千千 (sian-sian)
• (to die):

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Synonyms of 絕

• 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
• 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
• 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
• 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
• 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
• 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
• 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
• 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
• 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
• 去世 (qùshì)
• 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, derogatory)
• 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
• 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
• 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
• 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
• 故 (gù)
• 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
• 早死 (zǎosǐ)
• 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
• 死 (sǐ)
• 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
• 死人 (sǐrén)
• 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
• 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)

• 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
• 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
• 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
• 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
• 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
• 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
• 走去踮 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
• 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
• 逝世 (shìshì)
• 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
• 仙遊／仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
• 傾世／倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
• 傾亡／倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
• 凋謝／凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
• 喪亡／丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
• 喪命／丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
• 喪生／丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
• 嗚呼／呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
• 嚥氣／咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
• 圓寂／圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
• 小喇叭兒吹了／小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing)
• 就義／就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
• 掛／挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
• 斃命／毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
• 晏駕／晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 棄世／弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
• 歸天／归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
• 歸西／归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)

• 歸道山／归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
• 死翹翹／死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
• 死脫／死脱 (Wu)
• 殞／殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
• 氣絕／气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
• 沒世／没世 (mòshì) (literary)
• 畢命／毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
• 百年歸老／百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
• 盡命／尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
• 終／终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
• 翹辮子／翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
• 被難／被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
• 見背／见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
• 見閻王／见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
• 賓天／宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 辭世／辞世 (císhì) (literary)
• 進棺材／进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
• 過世／过世 (guòshì)
• 過去／过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
• 過往／过往 (Min Nan, euphemistic)
• 過身／过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
• 過面／过面 (Min Nan)
• 長山賣鴨卵／长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
• 長眠／长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
• 閉眼／闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
• 隕落／陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
• 離世／离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
• 駕崩／驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
• 駕鶴西去／驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
• 駕鶴西遊／驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
• 龍馭上賓／龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)

• (jueju): 絕句／绝句 (juéjù)
• (faraway):

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Synonyms of 絕

• 偏僻 (piānpì)
• 蔽塞 (bìsè)
• 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
• 偏遠／偏远 (piānyuǎn)

• 僻遠／僻远 (pìyuǎn) (Min Nan)
• 迢遙／迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
• 遙遠／遥远 (yáoyuǎn)

• 遼遠／辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
• 邊遠／边远 (biānyuǎn)
• 閉塞／闭塞 (bìsè)

Compounds

Derived terms from 絕

• 一絕／一绝 (yījué)
• 七絕／七绝 (qījué)
• 三絕／三绝 (sānjué)
• 三絕韋編／三绝韦编 (sānjuéwéibiān)
• 不絕／不绝 (bùjué)
• 不絕口／不绝口 (bù juékǒu)
• 不絕如線／不绝如线
• 不絕如縷／不绝如缕 (bùjuérúlǚ)
• 不絕於耳／不绝于耳 (bùjuéyú'ěr)
• 不絕若線／不绝若线
• 五絕／五绝 (wǔjué)
• 令人絕倒／令人绝倒
• 伯牙絕絃／伯牙绝弦
• 光前絕後／光前绝后
• 冠絕／冠绝
• 冠絕古今／冠绝古今
• 剪絕／剪绝
• 千古絕唱／千古绝唱
• 卓絕／卓绝 (zhuójué)
• 卓絕群倫／卓绝群伦
• 古今絕色／古今绝色
• 叫絕／叫绝
• 史不絕書／史不绝书
• 告絕／告绝
• 命不該絕／命不该绝
• 哀哀欲絕／哀哀欲绝
• 唐三絕／唐三绝
• 四絕／四绝
• 四絕碑／四绝碑
• 四離四絕／四离四绝
• 回絕／回绝 (huíjué)
• 圮絕／圮绝
• 垂絕／垂绝
• 堅苦卓絕／坚苦卓绝
• 天不絕人／天不绝人
• 奄奄垂絕／奄奄垂绝
• 奇絕／奇绝
• 奔逸絕塵／奔逸绝尘
• 好絕／好绝
• 妙絕一時／妙绝一时
• 妙絕時人／妙绝时人
• 存亡絕續／存亡绝续
• 存亡繼絕／存亡继绝
• 孤峰絕岸／孤峰绝岸
• 孤絕／孤绝
• 屏絕／屏绝 (bǐngjué)
• 幽絕／幽绝
• 弊絕風清／弊绝风清 (bìjuéfēngqīng)
• 彈盡援絕／弹尽援绝 (dànjìnyuánjué)
• 念不絕口／念不绝口
• 恨絕／恨绝
• 恩斷意絕／恩断意绝
• 恩斷義絕／恩断义绝
• 息交絕游／息交绝游
• 悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝 (bēitòngyùjué)
• 意斷恩絕／意断恩绝
• 慘絕人寰／惨绝人寰 (cǎnjuérénhuán)
• 慟絕／恸绝
• 懸崖絕壁／悬崖绝壁 (xuányájuébì)
• 懸絕／悬绝
• 戒絕／戒绝
• 打絕板／打绝板
• 找絕／找绝
• 拍案叫絕／拍案叫绝 (pāi'ànjiàojué)
• 拒絕／拒绝 (jùjué)
• 拒絕承付／拒绝承付
• 拚絕／拚绝
• 拿手絕活／拿手绝活
• 摧絕／摧绝
• 斗絕／斗绝
• 斗絕一隅／斗绝一隅
• 斬宗絕嗣／斩宗绝嗣
• 斬盡殺絕／斩尽杀绝
• 斷子絕孫／断子绝孙 (duànzǐjuésūn)
• 斷根絕種／断根绝种
• 斷港絕潢／断港绝潢
• 斷絕／断绝 (duànjué)
• 斷絕往來／断绝往来
• 曠古絕倫／旷古绝伦
• 杜口絕舌／杜口绝舌
• 杜口絕言／杜口绝言
• 杜絕／杜绝 (dùjué)
• 杜絕後患／杜绝后患
• 杜門自絕／杜门自绝
• 根絕／根绝 (gēnjué)
• 棄絕／弃绝 (qìjué)
• 楚絕／楚绝 (chǔjué)
• 楚莊絕纓／楚庄绝缨
• 殄絕／殄绝
• 殊方絕域／殊方绝域
• 殊絕／殊绝
• 氣絕／气绝 (qìjué)
• 水斷陸絕／水断陆绝
• 決絕／决绝 (juéjué)
• 沉博絕麗／沉博绝丽
• 泯絕／泯绝 (mǐnjué)
• 淒絕／凄绝
• 深惡痛絕／深恶痛绝 (shēnwùtòngjué)
• 清雅絕塵／清雅绝尘
• 源源不絕／源源不绝 (yuányuánbùjué)
• 滅絕／灭绝 (mièjué)
• 滅絕人性／灭绝人性
• 滅門絕戶／灭门绝户
• 滔滔不絕／滔滔不绝 (tāotāobùjué)
• 獨門絕活／独门绝活
• 生離死絕／生离死绝
• 破琴絕絃／破琴绝弦
• 禁絕／禁绝 (jìnjué)
• 禍絕福連／祸绝福连
• 稱奇道絕／称奇道绝
• 穎悟絕人／颖悟绝人
• 穎悟絕倫／颖悟绝伦
• 空前絕後／空前绝后 (kōngqiánjuéhòu)
• 空古絕今／空古绝今

• 竭絕／竭绝
• 精妙絕倫／精妙绝伦
• 精絕／精绝
• 精美絕倫／精美绝伦
• 精采絕倫／精采绝伦
• 糧盡援絕／粮尽援绝
• 結絕／结绝 (jiéjué)
• 絕不／绝不 (juébù)
• 絕不屈服／绝不屈服
• 絕不相同／绝不相同
• 絕世／绝世 (juéshì)
• 絕世佳人／绝世佳人
• 絕世出塵／绝世出尘
• 絕世孤品／绝世孤品
• 絕世無倫／绝世无伦
• 絕世無雙／绝世无双
• 絕世獨立／绝世独立
• 絕世超倫／绝世超伦
• 絕乏／绝乏 (juéfá)
• 絕交／绝交 (juéjiāo)
• 絕人／绝人
• 絕仁棄義／绝仁弃义
• 絕代／绝代 (juédài)
• 絕代佳人／绝代佳人
• 絕佳／绝佳
• 絕俗／绝俗
• 絕俗離世／绝俗离世
• 絕倒／绝倒 (juédǎo)
• 絕倫／绝伦 (juélún)
• 絕倫超群／绝伦超群
• 絕傳／绝传
• 絕力／绝力
• 絕口／绝口 (juékǒu)
• 絕口不提／绝口不提 (juékǒubùtí)
• 絕口不道／绝口不道
• 絕句／绝句 (juéjù)
• 絕命／绝命
• 絕命書／绝命书
• 絕命詞／绝命词
• 絕品／绝品
• 絕唱／绝唱 (juéchàng)
• 絕問／绝问
• 絕嗣／绝嗣 (juésì)
• 絕國／绝国
• 絕地／绝地
• 絕地天通／绝地天通
• 絕垠／绝垠
• 絕域／绝域
• 絕域殊方／绝域殊方
• 絕域異方／绝域异方
• 絕塞／绝塞
• 絕塵／绝尘 (juéchén)
• 絕塵拔俗／绝尘拔俗
• 絕境／绝境 (juéjìng)
• 絕壁／绝壁 (juébì)
• 絕壁天懸／绝壁天悬
• 絕壑／绝壑
• 絕大多數／绝大多数 (juédàduōshù)
• 絕契／绝契
• 絕妙／绝妙 (juémiào)
• 絕妙好辭／绝妙好辞
• 絕子絕孫／绝子绝孙 (juézǐjuésūn)
• 絕學／绝学 (juéxué)
• 絕密／绝密 (juémì)
• 絕對／绝对 (juéduì)
• 絕對主義／绝对主义 (juéduìzhǔyì)
• 絕對值／绝对值 (juéduìzhí)
• 絕對多數／绝对多数 (juéduì duōshù)
• 絕對數字／绝对数字
• 絕對時間／绝对时间
• 絕對溫度／绝对温度 (juéduì wēndù)
• 絕對溼度／绝对湿度
• 絕對論／绝对论
• 絕對零度／绝对零度 (juéduì língdù)
• 絕對音樂／绝对音乐 (juéduì yīnyuè)
• 絕對高度／绝对高度
• 絕屄／绝屄 (juébī)
• 絕島／绝岛
• 絕巖／绝岩
• 絕席／绝席
• 絕後／绝后 (juéhòu)
• 絕後光前／绝后光前
• 絕後患／绝后患
• 絕後計／绝后计
• 絕情／绝情 (juéqíng)
• 絕意／绝意
• 絕戶／绝户 (juéhù)
• 絕戶計／绝户计
• 絕才／绝才 (juécái)
• 絕技／绝技 (juéjì)
• 絕招／绝招 (juézhāo)
• 絕早／绝早 (juézǎo)
• 絕景／绝景
• 絕望／绝望 (juéwàng)
• 絕業／绝业
• 絕氣／绝气
• 絕活／绝活 (juéhuó)
• 絕流／绝流
• 絕渡逢舟／绝渡逢舟
• 絕滅／绝灭 (juémiè)
• 絕無僅有／绝无仅有 (juéwújǐnyǒu)
• 絕然／绝然
• 絕熱／绝热 (juérè)
• 絕版／绝版 (juébǎn)
• 絕版書／绝版书
• 絕甘分少／绝甘分少
• 絕症／绝症 (juézhèng)
• 絕目／绝目
• 絕種／绝种 (juézhǒng)
• 絕筆／绝笔 (juébǐ)
• 絕粒／绝粒
• 絕糧／绝粮
• 絕絃／绝弦
• 絕緣／绝缘 (juéyuán)

• 絕緣體／绝缘体 (juéyuántǐ)
• 絕纓／绝缨 (juéyīng)
• 絕聖棄智／绝圣弃智 (juéshèngqìzhì)
• 絕聖棄知／绝圣弃知
• 絕育／绝育 (juéyù)
• 絕色／绝色 (juésè)
• 絕色佳人／绝色佳人 (juésèjiārén)
• 絕藝／绝艺
• 絕處逢生／绝处逢生 (juéchùféngshēng)
• 絕裾而去／绝裾而去
• 絕詣／绝诣
• 絕跡／绝迹 (juéjì)
• 絕路／绝路 (juélù)
• 絕轡／绝辔
• 絕配／绝配 (juépèi)
• 絕長繼短／绝长继短
• 絕長續短／绝长续短
• 絕長補短／绝长补短
• 絕難／绝难
• 絕非／绝非 (juéfēi)
• 絕韋編／绝韦编
• 絕響／绝响 (juéxiǎng)
• 絕頂／绝顶 (juédǐng)
• 絕頂天／绝顶天
• 絕頂聰明／绝顶聪明
• 絕食／绝食 (juéshí)
• 絕麟／绝麟
• 絡繹不絕／络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
• 經濟絕交／经济绝交
• 綿延不絕／绵延不绝
• 繼絕／继绝
• 繼絕存亡／继绝存亡
• 繼絕扶傾／继绝扶倾
• 繼絕興亡／继绝兴亡
• 義斷恩絕／义断恩绝
• 義絕／义绝
• 老絕戶／老绝户
• 聰明絕頂／聪明绝顶 (cōngmíngjuédǐng)
• 聽絕／听绝
• 自絕／自绝 (zìjué)
• 興亡繼絕／兴亡继绝
• 興廢繼絕／兴废继绝
• 興微繼絕／兴微继绝
• 興滅繼絕／兴灭继绝
• 舉鼎絕臏／举鼎绝膑
• 艱苦卓絕／艰苦卓绝 (jiānkǔzhuójué)
• 色藝兩絕／色艺两绝
• 色藝絕倫／色艺绝伦
• 色藝雙絕／色艺双绝
• 荒謬絕倫／荒谬绝伦 (huāngmiùjuélún)
• 蕃衍不絕／蕃衍不绝
• 覆宗絕嗣／覆宗绝嗣
• 覆宗絕祀／覆宗绝祀
• 覷絕／觑绝
• 觀絕／观绝
• 言絕／言绝
• 詞窮理絕／词穷理绝
• 誅盡殺絕／诛尽杀绝
• 語妙絕倫／语妙绝伦
• 謝絕／谢绝 (xièjué)
• 讚不絕口／赞不绝口 (zànbùjuékǒu)
• 豔絕／艳绝
• 豔絕一時／艳绝一时
• 豔美絕俗／艳美绝俗
• 豔色絕世／艳色绝世
• 貞高絕俗／贞高绝俗
• 賣絕／卖绝
• 超世絕俗／超世绝俗
• 超世絕倫／超世绝伦
• 超今絕古／超今绝古
• 超俗絕世／超俗绝世
• 超前絕後／超前绝后
• 超然絕俗／超然绝俗
• 超絕／超绝 (chāojué)
• 超絕群倫／超绝群伦
• 超群絕倫／超群绝伦
• 超軼絕塵／超轶绝尘
• 超逸絕塵／超逸绝尘
• 超邁絕倫／超迈绝伦
• 越絕書／越绝书
• 趕盡殺絕／赶尽杀绝 (gǎnjìnshājué)
• 路絕人稀／路绝人稀
• 踔絕／踔绝 (zhuójué)
• 身懷絕技／身怀绝技
• 軼群絕類／轶群绝类
• 辟穀絕粒／辟谷绝粒
• 迆邐不絕／迆逦不绝
• 連綿不絕／连绵不绝
• 逸群絕俗／逸群绝俗
• 逸群絕倫／逸群绝伦
• 遐方絕域／遐方绝域
• 遐方絕壤／遐方绝壤
• 違時絕俗／违时绝俗
• 遺世絕俗／遗世绝俗
• 遺編絕簡／遗编绝简
• 阻絕／阻绝
• 陷入絕境／陷入绝境
• 隔絕／隔绝 (géjué)
• 韋編三絕／韦编三绝 (wéibiānsānjué)
• 音問兩絕／音问两绝
• 音耗不絕／音耗不绝
• 頓絕／顿绝
• 風清弊絕／风清弊绝
• 風華絕代／风华绝代
• 香火不絕／香火不绝
• 香煙不絕／香烟不绝
• 香象絕流／香象绝流
• 駱驛不絕／骆驿不绝
• 驚才絕豔／惊才绝艳
• 高才絕學／高才绝学
• 魚雁不絕／鱼雁不绝
• 鱗鴻杳絕／鳞鸿杳绝
• 鴻稀鱗絕／鸿稀鳞绝
• 鼎沸不絕／鼎沸不绝

References

• “絕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Shinjitai	絶
Kyūjitai	絕

Kanji

絕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜつ (zetsu)
• Kun: たえる (taeru); たつ (tatsu); たやす (tayasu)

Usage notes

This character has never been used in modern Japanese. The current form is 絶.

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Korean

Hanja

絕 (eum 절 (jeol))

1. Alternative form of 絶

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Vietnamese

Han character

絕: Hán Nôm readings: tuyệt

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