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					Grade 5 -                絶 
 Kanji character Grade 5 絶. Writing practice along 
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			| discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be 
			beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled Kun: た.える、 た.やす、 た.つ
 On: ゼツ
 12 strokes
 Radical: silk 糸 (糹)
 Parts: 小 幺 糸 色
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			| Onyomi |  
			| 絶 【ゼツ】 starting field which contains the November and/or December 
			20-point card 絶縁 【ゼツエン】 breaking off relations, disconnection, insulation (esp. 
			electrical), isolation
 超絶 【チョウゼツ】 transcendence, excellence, superiority
 壮絶 【ソウゼツ】 grand, heroic, sublime, fierce
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			| 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 絶えることなく 【たえることなく】 unceasing, relentless
 絶やす 【たやす】 to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end 
			to, to let (fire) go out, to let die (e.g. flowers), to run out of
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