絶
abstain, be beyond, cut off, discontinue, interrupt, peerless, sever, suppress, unparalleled, without match
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:5
Strokes:12
JLPT:3
Frequency:784
Vocabulary
ゼツ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気絶 | キゼツ | faint; fainting; losing consciousness |
| 拒絶 | キョゼツ | refusal; rejection |
| 根絶 | コンゼツ | eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of |
| 絶縁 | ゼツエン | breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation |
| 絶大 | ゼツダイ | tremendous; immense; enormous; colossal; stupendous; huge |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 拒絶反応 | きょぜつはんのう | (transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against) |
| 絶えず | たえず | constantly; always; continually; steadily |
| 絶える | たえる | to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off |
| 絶え間なく | たえまなく | incessantly; without a pause |
| 絶句 | ぜっく | being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables) |
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These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes
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dainty, detailed, get thin, narrow, precise, slender, taper
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紙
paper
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絵
drawing, painting, picture, sketch
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統
governing, overall, relationship, ruling
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約
approximately, promise, shrink
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紺
dark blue, navy
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紳
gentleman, good belt, sire
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糾
ask, investigate, twist, verify
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組
assemble, association, braid, construct, cooperate, grapple, plait, unite
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