Zi:絕

絕(S​绝) [jué] cut off, sever; desperate/hopeless; exhausted; unique; heartless; refuse/reject; extremely/absolutely; (HDZ:) cf. ​絶

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(Explanation from the entry for the simple form ​绝:) The simple-form character ​绝 (9 strokes) is an abbrev. of a late variant ​絶 of the full form 絕 (12 strokes), simplifying the left-side part ​糸 to ​纟, but keeping the same right-side component ​色 as the variant form ​絶.
    Note: In the simple form ​绝 the right-side component looks like ​色 sè ‘color’ (as in the intermediary variant ​絶), but ​色 is not a component of the full form 絕.
    The full-form character 絕 follows older forms, preserving the old upper-right component ​刀 dāo ‘knife’, which is not the top part of ​色 sè ‘color’.
    Note: Simple form ​绝 ← intermediary form ​絶 ← full form 絕(​􂐕); the simple form has the right-side shape ​色(⿱​𠂊​巴) of the intermediary variant (​俗​字) form; the full form preserves the right-side components (⿱​刀​巴) of the Seal form.
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​绝/絕(​􂐕​絶) jué ‘cut off (silk ends/trimmings/thrum)’ combines ​纟/​糸 (sī) ‘silk/thread’, ​刀(​􀯑​𠚣) dāo ‘knife’ (cut), and ​巴(​􁢭​𢎛​卪​卩) jié ‘section/limit’ (phonosemantic); to cut/trim off the ​缋 huì ‘thrums’ (in weaving, unwoven warp head/tail threads), when cutting the finished cloth from the loom; formerly wr. ​㡭(​􂐖​𢇍).
    Compare: ​色(​􁢽) sè ‘color’, in which the top component is ​𠂊(​􁕎​人) rén ‘person’, not ​刀(​􀯑​𠚣) dāo ‘knife’; cf. ​𠂊/​𠚣 (​𠂊 usually corresp. to ​人, not ​刀; cf. ​奂).
    Compare: ​节/​節(​􀱥) jié ‘joint/section (of bamboo); section/limit’, in which ​巴(​􁢭​𢎛​卪​卩) jié ‘section/limit’ (phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​绝/絕(​􂐕​絶​􂐖​𢇍) jué ‘cut off’; ​断/​斷(​􂠖) duàn ‘sever, cut off’; ​㡭(​􂐘), ​继/​繼(​􂐗​𦇓) jì ‘continue’.
    Compare: ​脆 cuì ‘fragile/brittle’, formerly wr. ​脃(​􀮷), with ​绝/絕(​􂐕​絶) jué (abbrev. phonosemantic), not ​色(​􁢽).
    “[絕] Has nothing to do with ​色, for the seal has: to ​刀 cut a ​糸 thread, signific, and ​㔾 phonetic” —Karlgren(1923).
    Compare: Simple form ​绝 (GB); PRC full form ​絶 (HDZ/HDC); ROC full form 絕 (Big5); the stroke orders of ​色/​色󰀁 differ as well, cf. ​絶.
   
►components: ​糸​刀​巴​​色
►Cantonese: jyuht-
►references: Karlgren:GSR296a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3396.4*; Mathews:1703; Guǎngyùn:498.26; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:922.04
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