絶 — kanji meaning “discontinue”
絶
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
- Meanings
- discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
- On'yomi
- ゼツ (zetsu)
- Kun'yomi
- た.える、た.やす、た.つ
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #784 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 120
- Chinese reading
- jué
Words with 絶
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 絶対 | ぜったい zettai | absolutely; definitely; unconditionally |
| 絶望 | ぜつぼう zetsubou | despair; hopelessness |
| 絶好 | ぜっこう zekkou | best; ideal; perfect |
| 中絶 | ちゅうぜつ chuuzetsu | abortion |
| 絶滅 | ぜつめつ zetsumetsu | extinction; extermination |
| 絶賛 | ぜっさん zessan | high praise; great admiration; acclaim |
| 拒絶 | きょぜつ kyozetsu | refusal; rejection |
| 絶叫 | ぜっきょう zekkyou | scream; shriek; shout |
| 廃絶 | はいぜつ haizetsu | abolition; elimination |
| 断絶 | だんぜつ danzetsu | extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation |
| 絶妙 | ぜつみょう zetsumyou | exquisite; superb; perfect |
| 絶頂 | ぜっちょう zetchou | top (of a mountain); summit |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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