絶 Kanji – discontinue
The Japanese kanji 絶 can mean discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled.
Meaning and Readings
How is 絶 read?
絶 has the onyomi reading ゼツ and the kunyomi readings たえる, たやす, たつ.
In romaji, these readings can be written as zetsu, taeru, tayasu, tatsu.
Common Japanese Words Using 絶
These common Japanese words contain 絶. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 気絶（きぜつ） — faint, fainting, losing consciousness
- 拒絶（きょぜつ） — refusal, rejection
- 拒絶反応（きょぜつはんのう） — (transplant) rejection
- 根絶（こんぜつ） — eradication, extermination, rooting out, stamping out, getting rid of
- 絶えず（たえず） — constantly, always, continually, steadily
- 絶える（たえる） — to die out, to peter out, to become extinct
- 絶え間なく（たえまなく） — incessantly, without a pause
- 絶やす（たやす） — to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end to
- 絶縁（ぜつえん） — breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past)
- 絶叫（ぜっきょう） — scream, shriek, shout, exclamation