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Kanji Grade 5 - 絶

Kanji character Grade 5 絶. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 5 - 絶
About
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
 
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
 
Kunyomi
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