Wiktionary

絕

See also: 絶 and 绝
絕 U+7D55, 絕
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D55
← 絔
[U+7D54] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 絖 →
[U+7D56]

Translingual edit

Traditional 絕
Shinjitai 絶
Simplified 绝

Han character edit

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

Related characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: 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

Chinese edit

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

Glyph origin edit

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

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

Pronunciation edit

Note:
  • che̍h/che̍rh/chēr - vernacular (“to break off; used to express surprise”);
  • choa̍t - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 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 (Hokkien) /t͡suat̚⁵/
/t͡seʔ⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /t͡suoʔ⁵/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /t͡syɛ⁴²/
Shantou (Teochew) /t͡soʔ⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tuak̚³/
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
Baxter dzjwet
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
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 edit

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
  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。 [MSC, trad.]
    话不要说得太绝。 [MSC, simp.]
    Huà bùyào shuō dé tài jué. [Pinyin]
    Don’t say anything uncompromising.
  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
  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。 [MSC, trad.]
    我绝不会抛弃你。 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒ jué bùhuì pāoqì nǐ. [Pinyin]
    I will definitely never abandon you.
  8. to die
    悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝  ―  bēitòngyùjué  ―  to be grief-stricken
  9. (literary) to cross; to traverse; to pass
  10. (poetry) jueju; quatrain
    七絕／七绝  ―  qījué  ―  heptasyllabic quatrain
  11. (literary) faraway; distant; remote
  12. (literary) to surpass; to outdo
  13. (Xiamen Hokkien) Used at the start of a sentence to express surprise, admiration, regret, or frustration

Synonyms edit

  • (to break off):
  • (to terminate):
  • (to exhaust):

Compounds edit

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

絶

Kyūjitai

絕

Kanji edit

絕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings edit

Usage notes edit

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

Korean edit

Hanja edit

絕 (eum 절 (jeol))

  1. Alternative form of 絶

Vietnamese edit

Chữ Hán edit

絕: Hán Nôm readings: tuyệt

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