Memory phrase for the Kanji: 絶

絶

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Meaning discontinue, exterminate, cease, end

Pronunciation

ZETSU
taeru

Explanation

Left: thread 糸, right: color 色 (top: bent person ⺈, below: 巴 var. of slumped Person 㔾 [In knitting often a colored thread is used do indicate the last row/border.]

Mnemonic
 
The thread is in color to discontinue or end (the fabric).

Radicals

糸 thread
色 color
巴 slumped personThis is a variation of the sitting person 匕
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 Vocabulary

絶つ たつ  cut off, disrupt
絶える たえる  to die out, to peter out, to become extinct
絶対 ぜったい  absolute, unconditional, absoluteness
絶版 ぜっぱん  out of print
絶叫 ぜっきょう  scream
拒絶 きょぜつ  refusal, rejection
絶えず たえず  constantly
絶滅 ぜつめつ  destruction, extinction
謝絶 しゃぜつ  refusal

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