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jué HSK3

cut

Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (纟). 卩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 絕.

Components

纟 Iconic component

sī silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

卩 Sound component

jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.888
Readings & variants: Unicode

jué cut Traditional

Depicts a knife (刀) cutting a thread (糸). 卩 represents the sound.

Components

糹 Iconic component

mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

刀 Iconic component

dāo knife

卩 Sound component

jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 巴.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzjwet	[dz]ot	cut off

說文解字

《說文》：“絕，斷絲也。从糸，从刀，从卩。，古文絕，象不連體，絕二絲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.888
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jué cut Traditional

Variant of 絕.

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

Components

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絕 jué cut Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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絶 jué cut Traditional

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jué cut Traditional

jué cut Traditional