Chinese Character 絕 Meanings and components.

Form

絕

Meaning

絕 meaning[3] in English

To Cut Short.

Extinct.

To Disappear.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 絕 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are fine silk (糸) , surname Li (力) , and Ba state during … (巴)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFSHU

How to write 絕

To write絕jue2to cut … you should write a combination of 糸mi4fine silk , 力li4surname Li 巴ba1Ba state … arranged in a 吅 shape:

糸 + 力 + 巴 = 絕

絕 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 絕 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 絕, looks as follow:

絕
Pinyin:jue2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cut Short . Extinct . To Disappear . To Vanish . Absolutely . By No Means
糸
Pinyin:mi4
Meaning[3]: Fine Silk . Kangxi Radical 120
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
力
Pinyin:li4
Meaning[3]: Surname Li
巴
Pinyin:ba1 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Ba State During Zhou Dynasty (In East Of Modern Sichuan) . Abbr. For East Sichuan Or Chongqing . Surname Ba . Abbr. For Palestine Or Palestinian . Abbr. For Pakistan

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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