Zi:絕

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

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