Chinese symbol for “sever”
断绝
duàn jué
Traditional: 斷絕
to sever; to break off
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sever is 断绝 (duàn jué), defined as: to sever; to break off.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sever”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 切断 (切斷) | qiē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 割裂 | gē liè | to cut apart; to sever; to separate; to isolate |
| 割断 (割斷) | gē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 截断 (截斷) | jié duàn | to break or cut in two; to sever |
| 断开 (斷開) | duàn kāi | to break; to sever |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 断绝.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不断 (不斷) | bù duàn | unceasing; uninterrupted |
| 判断 (判斷) | pàn duàn | to judge; to determine; judgment |
| 垄断 (壟斷) | lǒng duàn | to monopolize |
| 中断 (中斷) | zhōng duàn | to cut short; to break off |
| 诊断 (診斷) | zhěn duàn | to diagnose |
| 切断 (切斷) | qiē duàn | to cut off; to sever |
| 绝对 (絕對) | jué duì | absolute; unconditional |
| 拒绝 (拒絕) | jù jué | to refuse; to decline; to reject |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sever”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.