JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Kanji 絶: "discontinue, sever, cut off"
The kanji 絶 means "discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress". It is written with 12 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N3, read ゼツ in on'yomi and た.える, た.やす, た.つ in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ゼツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
た.えるた.やすた.つ
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 12 |
| JLPT level | N3 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 5 |
| Frequency rank | 784 of 2,501 |
Common words with 絶
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 絶対absolutely; definitely; unconditionally · absolute; unconditional; unmistakable
- 絶望despair; hopelessness
- 拒絶refusal; rejection
- 気絶faint; fainting; losing consciousness
- 絶叫scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
- 絶えるto die out; to peter out; to become extinct · to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off
- 絶対にabsolutely; definitely; unconditionally
- 絶句being lost for words; becoming speechless · jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
- 絶望的desperate; hopeless
- 絶対的absolute
- 絶妙exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
- 途絶えるto stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
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