# 絕

| 絕 | U+7D55, &#32085; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D55 |
| ← 絔 [U+7D54] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 絖 → [U+7D56] |

## Translingual

| Traditional | 絕 |
| Shinjitai | 絶 |
| Simplified | 绝 |

### Han character

絕 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+6, 12 strokes, cangjie input 女火尸竹山 (VFSHU), four-corner 2791$_7$, composition ⿰糹⿱刀巴)

#### Related characters

* 絶 (Japanese kanji and Korean Hanja. Also the preferred form for traditional Chinese in mainland China)
* 绝 (Simplified Chinese)

#### Derived characters

* 𠾼, 𨼎, 𧑾

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 922, character 4
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27407
* Dae Jaweon: page 1355, character 9
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3396, character 4
* Unihan data for U+7D55

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 絕 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Chu slip and silk script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 蕝 | *ʔsods, *ʔsod |
| 脃 | *sʰods |
| 脆 | *sʰods |
| 絕 | *zod |
Originally ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 刀 (“knife”) + 幺 (“silk”) or ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 刀 (“knife”) + 𢆶 (“silk”) — to cut silk threads.
Now phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic 糹 (“silk”) + semantic 刀 (“knife”) + phonetic 巴 (卪).
Most likely unrelated to 色.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): jué (jue$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): jue$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyut$^6$ / zyut$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): duut$^5$
* Gan (Wiktionary): qyot$^7$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): chhie̍t
    (Meixian, Guangdong): qiêd$^6$
* Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh$^5$
* Northern Min (KCR): cṳè
* Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏk
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zoe$^2$ / zoeh$^7$ / zyeh$^7$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): che̍h / che̍rh / chēr / choa̍t
    (Teochew, Peng'im): zoh$^8$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$zhiq
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): zie$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jué
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jyué
*** Wade–Giles: chüeh$^2$
*** Yale: jywé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyue
*** Palladius: цзюэ (czjue)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: jue$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: gye
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕye²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zyut$^6$ / zyut$^3$
*** Yale: jyuht / jyut
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt$^9$ / dzyt$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: jud$^6$ / jud$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syːt̚²/, /t͡syːt̚³/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: duut$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵt̚³²/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: qyot$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕʰyɵt̚²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhie̍t
*** Hakka Romanization System: qied
*** Hagfa Pinyim: qiad$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: qiêd$^6$
*** Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: jyeh$^5$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: cṳè
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syɛ⁴²/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏk
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡suoʔ⁵/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zoe$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sø¹³/
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zoeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sœʔ⁴/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zyeh$^7$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡syøʔ²⁴/
* zoe2 - vernacular;
* zoeh7/zyeh7 - literary.
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit絕 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /t͡ɕyɛ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /t͡ɕye⁴⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /t͡ɕyə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /t͡syə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /t͡syɛ⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /t͡ɕyɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /t͡ɕyu²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /t͡ɕye¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /t͡ɕyə⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /t͡ɕyɤ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /t͡ɕie²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /t͡ɕye³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /t͡ɕie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /t͡ɕiɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /t͡syeʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /t͡ɕyɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /t͡ɕyʌʔ⁵³/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /t͡ɕyaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ʑiɪʔ¹/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ziəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /d͡ʑiəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /jy²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /t͡ɕyeʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /t͡ɕyɛ⁵/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /t͡sie²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /t͡sie²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /t͡ɕʰyɵʔ²/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /t͡sʰiet̚⁵/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /t͡sʰiet̚⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /t͡syt̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /t͡syt̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /t͡syt̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /t͡suat̚⁵/ /t͡seʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /t͡suoʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /t͡syɛ⁴²/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /t͡soʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /tuak̚³/ |
* Middle Chinese: dzjwet
Rime :
| Character | 絕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 從 (15) |
| Final (韻) | 薛 (82) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 情雪切 |
| Baxter | dzjwet |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /d͡ziuᴇt̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /d͡zʷiɛt̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /d͡zjuæt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /d͡zwiat̚/ |
| Li Rong | /d͡ziuɛt̚/ |
| Wang Li | /d͡zĭuɛt̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /d͡zʱi̯wɛt̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | jué |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zyut$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[dz]ot/
    (Zhengzhang): /*zod/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 絕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | jué |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ dzjwet › |
| Old Chinese | /*[dz]ot/ |
| English | cut off |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 絕 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 7252 |
| Phonetic component | 絕 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 絕 |
| Old Chinese | /*zod/ |

### Definitions

絕
* to break off; to cut off; to sever
    斷絕／断绝 ― duànjué ― to break off; to cut off
    絕望／绝望 ― juéwàng ― to despair; to give up hope
    From: Lü Buwei, Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals, 239 BCE
    Zhōng Zǐqī sǐ, Bó Yá pò qín jué xián, zhōngshēn bù fù gǔqín, yǐwèi shì wú zú fù wéi gǔqín zhě. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
    Wèi zhì shēn, Qín wáng jīng, zì yǐn ér qǐ, xiù jué. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* to terminate; to discontinue; to break off
    源源不絕／源源不绝 ― yuányuánbùjué ― to flow continuously without stopping
* to exhaust; to use up
    彈盡糧絕／弹尽粮绝 ― dànjìnliángjué ― to have used up all ammunition and food supply
       Huà bùyào shuō dé tài jué. [Pinyin]
       Don’t say anything uncompromising.
    From: Zhuangzi, circa 3rd – 2nd centuries BCE
    Zì yǐwéi shàng chí, jí zǒu bùxiū, jué lì ér sǐ. [Pinyin]
    He thought he was going too slow, and ran on with all his speed without stopping, till his strength was exhausted and he died.
* superb; peerless; matchless
    絕技／绝技 ― juéjì ― unique skill
    拍案叫絕／拍案叫绝 ― pāi'ànjiàojué ― bang one’s fist on the table and shout with pleasure
    這身材太絕了／这身材太绝了 ― zhè shēncái tài jué le ― This figure is superb!
* desperate; dangerous without a way out
    絕路／绝路 ― juélù ― road to ruin; blind alley; dead end
    From: The Art of War, circa 5th century BCE
    juédì wú liú [Pinyin]
    Do not linger in dangerously isolated positions.
* extremely; most
    絕大多數／绝大多数 ― jué dàduōshù ― the overwhelming majority
    絕好時機／绝好时机 ― juéhǎo shíjī ― excellent opportunity
* (used before a negative) absolutely; definitely; certainly
    絕不可能／绝不可能 ― jué bù kěnéng ― to have absolutely no possibility that
    絕無此意／绝无此意 ― jué wú cǐ yì ― to have absolutely no such intentions
       Wǒ jué bùhuì pāoqì nǐ. [Pinyin]
       I will definitely never abandon you.
* to die
    悲痛欲絕／悲痛欲绝 ― bēitòngyùjué ― to be grief-stricken
    From: 9th century, Han Yu, 祭柳子厚文
    Jiējiē Zǐhòu, jīn yě zé wáng. Lín jué zhī yīn, yīhé lángláng? [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
* (literary) to cross; to traverse; to pass
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Jiǎ zhōují zhě, fēi néng shuǐ yě, ér jué jiānghé. [Pinyin]
    One who uses a boat, despite not knowing how to swim, can nevertheless cross rivers.
* (poetry) jueju; quatrain
    七絕／七绝 ― qījué ― heptasyllabic quatrain
* (literary) faraway; distant; remote
* (literary) to surpass; to outdo
* (Xiamen Hokkien) Used at the start of a sentence to express surprise, admiration, regret, or frustration

#### Synonyms

* (to break off):
* 斷絕 / 断绝 (duànjué)
* 祝 (literary)
* 結絕 / 结绝 (jiéjué) (literary)
* 隔斷 / 隔断
* 隔絕 / 隔绝 (géjué)
* 隔離 / 隔离 (gélí)
* (to terminate):
* 中斷 / 中断 (zhōngduàn)
* 中止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 休止 (xiūzhǐ)
* 停 (tíng)
* 停歇 (tíngxiē)
* 停止 (tíngzhǐ)
* 夭閼 / 夭阏 (yǎo'è)
* 干休 (gānxiū) (literary)
* 放煞 (Min Nan)
* 斷站 / 断站 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 斷節 / 断节 (Xiamen Hokkien)
* 暫停 / 暂停 (zàntíng) (temporarily)
* 歇 (xiē)
* 止 (zhǐ) (literary, or in compounds)
* 止息 (zhǐxī)
* 止煞 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 瀦 / 潴 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
* 煞 (Hokkien)
* 煞手 (Hokkien)
* 甘休 (gānxiū) (to be willing to give up)
* 終止 / 终止 (zhōngzhǐ)
* 罷 / 罢
* 罷休 / 罢休 (bàxiū) (chiefly in the negative)
* 罷手 / 罢手 (bàshǒu)
* 間斷 / 间断
* 須 / 须 (xū) (literary)
* 頓 / 顿
* (to exhaust):
* 枯竭 (kūjié) (figurative)
* 用光 (yòngguāng)
* 用掉 (yòngdiào)
* 用盡 / 用尽 (yòngjìn)
* 窮盡 / 穷尽 (qióngjìn)
* 竭盡 / 竭尽 (jiéjìn)
* 耗盡 / 耗尽 (hàojìn)
* 致 (zhì) (literary, or in compounds)
* (absolutely): 絕對／绝对 (juéduì), 千萬／千万 (qiānwàn), 萬萬／万万 (wànwàn), (Cantonese) 千祈 (cin1 kei4), (Hokkien) 千千 (sian-sian)
* (to die):
* 下世 (xiàshì) (formal)
* 上天 (shàngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 上路 (shànglù) (euphemistic)
* 不在 (bùzài) (euphemistic)
* 不幸 (bùxìng) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 不祿 / 不禄 (bùlù) (archaic, euphemistic, of military officers)
* 亡
* 亡故 (wánggù) (literary)
* 仙逝 (xiānshì) (euphemistic)
* 仙遊 / 仙游 (xiānyóu) (euphemistic)
* 作古 (zuògǔ) (literary, euphemistic)
* 做鬼 (zuòguǐ) (colloquial)
* 傾世 / 倾世 (qīngshì) (literary)
* 傾亡 / 倾亡 (qīngwáng) (literary)
* 入寂 (rùjì) (Buddhism, of Buddhist monks)
* 凋謝 / 凋谢 (diāoxiè) (to die of old age)
* 化去 (huàqù) (euphemistic)
* 升天 (shēngtiān) (euphemistic)
* 即世 (jíshì) (literary)
* 去世 (qùshì)
* 合眼 (héyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 喪亡 / 丧亡 (sàngwáng) (literary)
* 喪命 / 丧命 (sàngmìng) (euphemistic)
* 喪生 / 丧生 (sàngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 嗚呼 / 呜呼 (wūhū) (euphemistic)
* 嗝屁 (gěpì) (Mandarin, vulgar, dysphemistic)
* 嚥氣 / 咽气 (yànqì) (colloquial)
* 回老家 (huí lǎojiā) (euphemistic, humorous)
* 圓寂 / 圆寂 (yuánjì) (of Buddhist monks or nuns)
* 壽終正寢 / 寿终正寝 (shòuzhōngzhèngqǐn) (euphemistic)
* 失氣 / 失气 (shīqì) (literary)
* 安息 (ānxī) (euphemistic)
* 安眠 (ānmián) (euphemistic)
* 小喇叭兒吹了 / 小喇叭儿吹了 (xiǎo lǎbār chuī le) (Beijing Mandarin)
* 就義 / 就义 (jiùyì) (to die a martyr)
* 崩 (bēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 崩殂 (bēngcú) (Classical, of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 彈老三 / 弹老三 (Northern Wu, informal, humorous)
* 往生 (wǎngshēng) (euphemistic)
* 忽然 (hūrán) (Classical Chinese, euphemistic)
* 掛 / 挂 (guà) (slang, humorous)
* 故 (gù)
* 故世 (gùshì) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 故去 (gùqù) (euphemistic, chiefly of one's elders)
* 斃命 / 毙命 (bìmìng) (pejorative)
* 早死 (zǎosǐ)
* 晏駕 / 晏驾 (yànjià) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 枯死 (kūsǐ) (literary, figurative)
* 棄世 / 弃世 (qìshì) (literary)
* 歸天 / 归天 (guītiān) (euphemistic)
* 歸西 / 归西 (guīxī) (euphemistic)
* 歸道山 / 归道山 (guī dàoshān) (literary, euphemistic)
* 死 (sǐ)
* 死亡 (sǐwáng) (formal)
* 死人 (sǐrén)
* 死去 (sǐqù) (informal)
* 死掉 (sǐdiào) (informal)
* 死翹翹 / 死翘翘 (sǐqiàoqiào) (informal, humorous)
* 死脫 / 死脱 ($^5$shi-theq) (Wu)
* 殞 / 殒 (yǔn) (archaic)
* 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué) (literary)
* 永眠 (yǒngmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 沒世 / 没世 (mòshì) (literary)
* 沉眠 (chénmián) (euphemistic)
* 消忒 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 物化 (wùhuà) (literary)
* 狗帶 / 狗带 (gǒudài) (slang, neologism)
* 畢命 / 毕命 (bìmìng) (formal, euphemistic)
* 病亡 (bìngwáng) (to die of illness)
* 病故 (bìnggù) (to die of illness)
* 病死 (bìngsǐ) (to die of illness)
* 病逝 (bìngshì) (to die of illness)
* 瘐死 (yǔsǐ) (of deaths in prison)
* 百年歸老 / 百年归老 (bǎiniánguīlǎo) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 盡命 / 尽命 (jìnmìng) (literary, euphemistic)
* 終 / 终 (zhōng) (literary, or in compounds, euphemistic)
* 翹辮子 / 翘辫子 (qiào biànzi) (informal, humorous)
* 老了 (lǎo le) (euphemistic, of the elderly)
* 蒙主寵召 / 蒙主宠召 (méngzhǔchǒngzhào) (Christianity, euphemistic)
* 薨 (hōng) (Classical Chinese, of feudal lords or high officials)
* 薨逝 (hōngshì) (of feudal lords)
* 被難 / 被难 (bèinàn) (to be killed in a disaster, political incident, etc.)
* 見背 / 见背 (jiànbèi) (literary, of one's parents or elders)
* 見閻王 / 见阎王 (jiàn Yánwáng) (figurative)
* 見馬克思 / 见马克思 (jiàn Mǎkèsī) (communism, euphemistic)
* 謝世 / 谢世 (xièshì) (literary)
* 賓天 / 宾天 (bīntiān) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 走 (zǒu) (euphemistic)
* 走去踮 (Hokkien, euphemistic)
* 身亡 (shēnwáng) (formal, usually from unnatural causes)
* 辭世 / 辞世 (císhì) (literary)
* 辭塵 / 辞尘 (cíchén) (literary, euphemistic)
* 逝世 (shìshì)
* 進棺材 / 进棺材 (jìn guāncái)
* 過世 / 过世 (guòshì)
* 過去 / 过去 (guòqù) (euphemistic)
* 過往 / 过往 (Hokkien, euphemistic, Teochew, euphemistic)
* 過身 / 过身 (guòshēn) (literary)
* 過面 / 过面 (Hokkien)
* 長山賣鴨卵 / 长山卖鸭卵 (Hakka, euphemistic)
* 長眠 / 长眠 (chángmián) (euphemistic, honorific)
* 閉眼 / 闭眼 (bìyǎn) (euphemistic)
* 隕落 / 陨落 (yǔnluò) (euphemistic)
* 離世 / 离世 (líshì) (euphemistic)
* 駕崩 / 驾崩 (jiàbēng) (of a king, emperor, monarch, etc.)
* 駕鶴西去 / 驾鹤西去 (jiàhèxīqù) (euphemistic)
* 駕鶴西遊 / 驾鹤西游 (jiàhèxīyóu) (euphemistic)
* 龍馭上賓 / 龙驭上宾 (lóngyùshàngbīn) (of an emperor)
* (jueju): 絕句／绝句 (juéjù)
* (faraway):
* 偏僻 (piānpì)
* 偏遠 / 偏远 (piānyuǎn)
* 僻遠 / 僻远 (Hokkien)
* 蔽塞 (bìsè)
* 迢迢 (tiáotiáo) (literary)
* 迢遙 / 迢遥 (tiáoyáo) (literary)
* 遙遠 / 遥远 (yáoyuǎn)
* 遼遠 / 辽远 (liáoyuǎn)
* 邊遠 / 边远 (biānyuǎn)
* 閉塞 / 闭塞 (bìsè)

### Compounds

* 一絕 / 一绝 (yījué)
* 七絕 / 七绝 (qījué)
* 三絕 / 三绝 (sānjué)
* 三絕韋編 / 三绝韦编 (sānjuéwéibiān)
* 不絕 / 不绝 (bùjué)
* 不絕口 / 不绝口 (bù juékǒu)
* 不絕如線 / 不绝如线
* 不絕如縷 / 不绝如缕 (bùjuérúlǚ)
* 不絕於耳 / 不绝于耳 (bùjuéyú'ěr)
* 不絕若線 / 不绝若线
* 五絕 / 五绝 (wǔjué)
* 令人絕倒 / 令人绝倒
* 伯牙絕絃 / 伯牙绝弦
* 光前絕後 / 光前绝后
* 冠絕 / 冠绝 (guànjué)
* 冠絕古今 / 冠绝古今
* 剪絕 / 剪绝
* 千古絕唱 / 千古绝唱 (qiāngǔjuéchàng)
* 卓絕 / 卓绝 (zhuójué)
* 卓絕群倫 / 卓绝群伦
* 史不絕書 / 史不绝书
* 古今絕色 / 古今绝色
* 叫絕 / 叫绝 (jiàojué)
* 告絕 / 告绝
* 命不該絕 / 命不该绝
* 哀哀欲絕 / 哀哀欲绝
* 唐三絕 / 唐三绝
* 四絕 / 四绝
* 四絕碑 / 四绝碑
* 四離四絕 / 四离四绝
* 回絕 / 回绝 (huíjué)
* 圮絕 / 圮绝
* 垂絕 / 垂绝
* 堅苦卓絕 / 坚苦卓绝
* 天不絕人 / 天不绝人
* 奄奄垂絕 / 奄奄垂绝
* 奇絕 / 奇绝
* 奔逸絕塵 / 奔逸绝尘
* 好絕 / 好绝
* 妙絕一時 / 妙绝一时
* 妙絕時人 / 妙绝时人
* 存亡絕續 / 存亡绝续
* 存亡繼絕 / 存亡继绝
* 孤峰絕岸 / 孤峰绝岸
* 孤絕 / 孤绝
* 屏絕 / 屏绝 (bǐngjué)
* 幽絕 / 幽绝
* 弊絕風清 / 弊绝风清 (bìjuéfēngqīng)
* 彈盡援絕 / 弹尽援绝 (dànjìnyuánjué)
* 念不絕口 / 念不绝口
* 息交絕游 / 息交绝游
* 恩斷意絕 / 恩断意绝
* 恩斷義絕 / 恩断义绝 (ēnduànyìjué)
* 恨絕 / 恨绝
* 悲痛欲絕 / 悲痛欲绝 (bēitòngyùjué)
* 意斷恩絕 / 意断恩绝
* 慟絕 / 恸绝
* 慘絕人寰 / 惨绝人寰 (cǎnjuérénhuán)
* 懸崖絕壁 / 悬崖绝壁 (xuányájuébì)
* 懸絕 / 悬绝
* 戒絕 / 戒绝
* 打絕板 / 打绝板
* 找絕 / 找绝
* 拍案叫絕 / 拍案叫绝 (pāi'ànjiàojué)
* 拒絕 / 拒绝 (jùjué)
* 拚絕 / 拚绝
* 拒絕承付 / 拒绝承付
* 拿手絕活 / 拿手绝活
* 摧絕 / 摧绝
* 斗絕
* 斗絕一隅
* 斬宗絕嗣 / 斩宗绝嗣
* 斬盡殺絕 / 斩尽杀绝
* 斷子絕孫 / 断子绝孙 (duànzǐjuésūn)
* 斷根絕種 / 断根绝种
* 斷港絕潢 / 断港绝潢
* 斷絕 / 断绝 (duànjué)
* 斷絕往來 / 断绝往来
* 曠古絕倫 / 旷古绝伦
* 杜口絕舌 / 杜口绝舌
* 杜口絕言 / 杜口绝言
* 杜絕 / 杜绝 (dùjué)
* 杜絕後患 / 杜绝后患
* 杜門自絕 / 杜门自绝
* 根絕 / 根绝 (gēnjué)
* 棄絕 / 弃绝 (qìjué)
* 楚絕 / 楚绝 (chǔjué)
* 楚莊絕纓 / 楚庄绝缨
* 殄絕 / 殄绝
* 殊方絕域 / 殊方绝域
* 殊絕 / 殊绝
* 氣絕 / 气绝 (qìjué)
* 水斷陸絕 / 水断陆绝
* 沉博絕麗 / 沉博绝丽
* 決絕 / 决绝 (juéjué)
* 泯絕 / 泯绝 (mǐnjué)
* 深惡痛絕 / 深恶痛绝 (shēnwùtòngjué)
* 淒絕 / 凄绝
* 清雅絕塵 / 清雅绝尘
* 滔滔不絕 / 滔滔不绝 (tāotāobùjué)
* 源源不絕 / 源源不绝 (yuányuánbùjué)
* 滅絕 / 灭绝 (mièjué)
* 滅絕人性 / 灭绝人性
* 滅門絕戶 / 灭门绝户
* 獨門絕活 / 独门绝活
* 生離死絕 / 生离死绝
* 破琴絕絃 / 破琴绝弦
* 禁絕 / 禁绝 (jìnjué)
* 禍絕福連 / 祸绝福连
* 稱奇道絕 / 称奇道绝
* 穎悟絕人 / 颖悟绝人
* 穎悟絕倫 / 颖悟绝伦
* 空前絕後 / 空前绝后 (kōngqiánjuéhòu)
* 空古絕今 / 空古绝今
* 竭絕 / 竭绝
* 精妙絕倫 / 精妙绝伦
* 精絕 / 精绝
* 精美絕倫 / 精美绝伦
* 精采絕倫 / 精采绝伦
* 糧盡援絕 / 粮尽援绝
* 絕不 / 绝不 (juébù)
* 絕不屈服 / 绝不屈服
* 絕不相同 / 绝不相同
* 絕世 / 绝世 (juéshì)
* 絕世佳人 / 绝世佳人
* 絕世出塵 / 绝世出尘
* 絕世孤品 / 绝世孤品
* 絕世無倫 / 绝世无伦
* 絕世無雙 / 绝世无双
* 絕世獨立 / 绝世独立
* 絕世超倫 / 绝世超伦
* 絕乏 / 绝乏 (juéfá)
* 絕交 / 绝交 (juéjiāo)
* 絕人 / 绝人
* 絕仁棄義 / 绝仁弃义
* 絕代 / 绝代 (juédài)
* 絕代佳人 / 绝代佳人
* 絕佳 / 绝佳 (juéjiā)
* 絕俗 / 绝俗
* 絕俗離世 / 绝俗离世
* 絕倫 / 绝伦 (juélún)
* 絕倒 / 绝倒 (juédǎo)
* 絕倫超群 / 绝伦超群
* 絕傳 / 绝传
* 絕力 / 绝力
* 絕口 / 绝口 (juékǒu)
* 絕口不提 / 绝口不提 (juékǒubùtí)
* 絕口不道 / 绝口不道
* 絕句 / 绝句 (juéjù)
* 絕命 / 绝命
* 絕命書 / 绝命书
* 絕命詞 / 绝命词
* 絕品 / 绝品
* 絕問 / 绝问
* 絕唱 / 绝唱 (juéchàng)
* 絕嗣 / 绝嗣 (juésì)
* 絕國 / 绝国
* 絕地 / 绝地
* 絕地天通 / 绝地天通
* 絕垠 / 绝垠
* 絕域 / 绝域
* 絕域殊方 / 绝域殊方
* 絕域異方 / 绝域异方
* 絕塞 / 绝塞
* 絕塵 / 绝尘 (juéchén)
* 絕境 / 绝境 (juéjìng)
* 絕塵拔俗 / 绝尘拔俗
* 絕壁 / 绝壁 (juébì)
* 絕壁天懸 / 绝壁天悬
* 絕壑 / 绝壑
* 絕大多數 / 绝大多数 (juédàduōshù)
* 絕契 / 绝契
* 絕妙 / 绝妙 (juémiào)
* 絕妙好辭 / 绝妙好辞
* 絕子絕孫 / 绝子绝孙 (juézǐjuésūn)
* 絕學 / 绝学 (juéxué)
* 絕密 / 绝密 (juémì)
* 絕對 / 绝对 (juéduì)
* 絕對主義 / 绝对主义 (juéduìzhǔyì)
* 絕對值 / 绝对值 (juéduìzhí)
* 絕對多數 / 绝对多数 (juéduì duōshù)
* 絕對數字 / 绝对数字
* 絕對時間 / 绝对时间
* 絕對溫度 / 绝对温度 (juéduì wēndù)
* 絕對溼度 / 绝对湿度
* 絕對論 / 绝对论
* 絕對零度 / 绝对零度 (juéduì língdù)
* 絕對音樂 / 绝对音乐 (juéduì yīnyuè)
* 絕對高度 / 绝对高度
* 絕屄 / 绝屄 (juébī)
* 絕島 / 绝岛
* 絕巖 / 绝岩
* 絕席 / 绝席
* 絕後 / 绝后 (juéhòu)
* 絕後光前 / 绝后光前
* 絕後患 / 绝后患
* 絕後計 / 绝后计
* 絕情 / 绝情 (juéqíng)
* 絕意 / 绝意
* 絕戶 / 绝户 (juéhù)
* 絕戶計 / 绝户计
* 絕才 / 绝才 (juécái)
* 絕技 / 绝技 (juéjì)
* 絕招 / 绝招 (juézhāo)
* 絕早 / 绝早 (juézǎo)
* 絕景 / 绝景
* 絕望 / 绝望 (juéwàng)
* 絕業 / 绝业
* 絕氣 / 绝气
* 絕活 / 绝活 (juéhuó)
* 絕流 / 绝流
* 絕渡逢舟 / 绝渡逢舟
* 絕滅 / 绝灭 (juémiè)
* 絕然 / 绝然
* 絕無僅有 / 绝无仅有 (juéwújǐnyǒu)
* 絕熱 / 绝热 (juérè)
* 絕版 / 绝版 (juébǎn)
* 絕版書 / 绝版书
* 絕甘分少 / 绝甘分少
* 絕症 / 绝症 (juézhèng)
* 絕目 / 绝目
* 絕種 / 绝种 (juézhǒng)
* 絕筆 / 绝笔 (juébǐ)
* 絕粒 / 绝粒
* 絕糧 / 绝粮
* 絕絃 / 绝弦
* 結絕 / 结绝 (jiéjué)
* 絕緣 / 绝缘 (juéyuán)
* 絕緣體 / 绝缘体 (juéyuántǐ)
* 絡繹不絕 / 络绎不绝 (luòyìbùjué)
* 絕纓 / 绝缨 (juéyīng)
* 絕聖棄智 / 绝圣弃智 (juéshèngqìzhì)
* 絕聖棄知 / 绝圣弃知
* 絕育 / 绝育 (juéyù)
* 絕色 / 绝色 (juésè)
* 絕色佳人 / 绝色佳人 (juésèjiārén)
* 絕藝 / 绝艺
* 絕處逢生 / 绝处逢生 (juéchùféngshēng)
* 絕裾而去 / 绝裾而去
* 絕詣 / 绝诣
* 絕跡 / 绝迹 (juéjì)
* 絕路 / 绝路 (juélù)
* 絕轡 / 绝辔
* 絕配 / 绝配 (juépèi)
* 絕長繼短 / 绝长继短
* 絕長續短 / 绝长续短
* 絕長補短 / 绝长补短
* 絕難 / 绝难
* 絕非 / 绝非 (juéfēi)
* 絕韋編 / 绝韦编
* 絕響 / 绝响 (juéxiǎng)
* 絕頂 / 绝顶 (juédǐng)
* 絕頂天 / 绝顶天
* 絕頂聰明 / 绝顶聪明
* 絕食 / 绝食 (juéshí)
* 絕麟 / 绝麟
* 經濟絕交 / 经济绝交
* 綿延不絕 / 绵延不绝 (miányánbùjué)
* 繼絕 / 继绝
* 繼絕存亡 / 继绝存亡
* 繼絕扶傾 / 继绝扶倾
* 繼絕興亡 / 继绝兴亡
* 義斷恩絕 / 义断恩绝
* 義絕 / 义绝
* 老絕戶 / 老绝户
* 聰明絕頂 / 聪明绝顶 (cōngmíngjuédǐng)
* 聽絕 / 听绝
* 自絕 / 自绝 (zìjué)
* 興亡繼絕 / 兴亡继绝
* 興廢繼絕 / 兴废继绝
* 興微繼絕 / 兴微继绝
* 興滅繼絕 / 兴灭继绝
* 舉鼎絕臏 / 举鼎绝膑
* 艱苦卓絕 / 艰苦卓绝 (jiānkǔzhuójué)
* 色藝兩絕 / 色艺两绝
* 色藝絕倫 / 色艺绝伦
* 色藝雙絕 / 色艺双绝
* 荒謬絕倫 / 荒谬绝伦 (huāngmiùjuélún)
* 蕃衍不絕 / 蕃衍不绝
* 覆宗絕嗣 / 覆宗绝嗣
* 覆宗絕祀 / 覆宗绝祀
* 覷絕 / 觑绝
* 觀絕 / 观绝
* 言絕 / 言绝
* 詞窮理絕 / 词穷理绝
* 誅盡殺絕 / 诛尽杀绝
* 語妙絕倫 / 语妙绝伦
* 謝絕 / 谢绝 (xièjué)
* 讚不絕口 / 赞不绝口 (zànbùjuékǒu)
* 豔絕 / 艳绝
* 豔絕一時 / 艳绝一时
* 豔美絕俗 / 艳美绝俗
* 豔色絕世 / 艳色绝世
* 貞高絕俗 / 贞高绝俗
* 賣絕 / 卖绝
* 超世絕俗 / 超世绝俗
* 超世絕倫 / 超世绝伦
* 超今絕古 / 超今绝古
* 超俗絕世 / 超俗绝世
* 超前絕後 / 超前绝后
* 超然絕俗 / 超然绝俗
* 超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
* 越絕書 / 越绝书
* 超絕群倫 / 超绝群伦
* 超群絕倫 / 超群绝伦
* 超軼絕塵 / 超轶绝尘
* 超逸絕塵 / 超逸绝尘
* 超邁絕倫 / 超迈绝伦
* 趕盡殺絕 / 赶尽杀绝 (gǎnjìnshājué)
* 路絕人稀 / 路绝人稀
* 踔絕 / 踔绝 (zhuójué)
* 身懷絕技 / 身怀绝技
* 軼群絕類 / 轶群绝类
* 辟穀絕粒 / 辟谷绝粒
* 迆邐不絕 / 迆逦不绝
* 連綿不絕 / 连绵不绝 (liánmiánbùjué)
* 逸群絕俗 / 逸群绝俗
* 逸群絕倫 / 逸群绝伦
* 遐方絕域 / 遐方绝域
* 遐方絕壤 / 遐方绝壤
* 違時絕俗 / 违时绝俗
* 遺世絕俗 / 遗世绝俗
* 遺編絕簡 / 遗编绝简
* 阻絕 / 阻绝
* 陷入絕境 / 陷入绝境
* 隔絕 / 隔绝 (géjué)
* 韋編三絕 / 韦编三绝 (wéibiānsānjué)
* 音問兩絕 / 音问两绝
* 音耗不絕 / 音耗不绝
* 頓絕 / 顿绝
* 風清弊絕 / 风清弊绝
* 風華絕代 / 风华绝代
* 香火不絕 / 香火不绝
* 香煙不絕 / 香烟不绝
* 香象絕流 / 香象绝流
* 駱驛不絕 / 骆驿不绝
* 驚才絕豔 / 惊才绝艳
* 高才絕學 / 高才绝学
* 魚雁不絕 / 鱼雁不绝
* 鱗鴻杳絕 / 鳞鸿杳绝
* 鴻稀鱗絕 / 鸿稀鳞绝
* 鼎沸不絕 / 鼎沸不绝

### References

* “絕”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 絶 |
| Kyūjitai | 絕 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

#### Readings

* On (unclassified): ぜつ (zetsu)
* Kun: たえる (taeru)、たつ (tatsu)、たやす (tayasu)

#### Usage notes

This character has never been used in modern Japanese. The current form is 絶.

## Korean
### Hanja

絕 (eum 절 (jeol))
* Alternative form of 絶

## Vietnamese
### Chữ Hán

絕: Hán Nôm readings: tuyệt
* This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.