jué = ju + e2
to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means
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How to pronounce 絕

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= ju initial

Ju is for Zeus.

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+ e2 final

In the elevator’s kitchen.

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絕 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
= mi + Ø4
fine silk / Kangxi radical 120
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= li + Ø4
power / force / strength / ability / strenuously
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= b + a1
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
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= b + a1
to long for / to wish / to cling to / to stick to / sth that sticks / close to / next to / spread open / informal abbr. for bus 巴士[ba1 shi4] / bar (unit of pressure) / nominalizing suffix on certain nouns, such as 尾巴[wei3 ba5], tail
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Characters with 絕 as component

jué = ju + e2
coarse grass used to show rank
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Words with 絕

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(idiom) to lead the pack by a wide margin; to leave one's competitors trailing behind in one's dust
unending / uninterrupted
hanging by a thread / very precarious / almost extinct / (of sound) linger on faintly

Sentences with 絕

絕 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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jué

to cut short / extinct / to disappear / to vanish / absolutely / by no means

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