Zi:绝
绝(F絕) [jué] cut off, sever; desperate/hopeless; exhausted; unique; heartless; refuse/reject; extremely/absolutely
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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.
►references: Karlgren:AD1067; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3397.1; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:140.0.01
►components: 纟色𠂊巴刀𠚣
►Cantonese: jyuht-
<cdl char='绝' uni='7EDD'>
<comp char='纟' uni='7E9F' points='0,0 46,128' />
<comp char='色' uni='8272' points='48,0 128,124' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='纟' uni='7E9F' points='0,0 56,128'>
<stroke type='pz' points='82,0 0,60 78,54' />
<stroke type='pz' points='104,38 0,92 123,78' />
<stroke type='t' points='0,128 128,106' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='色' uni='8272' points='0,0 128,124'>
<comp char='𠂊' uni='2008A' variant='1' points='0,0 92,46' />
<comp char='巴' uni='5DF4' points='24,46 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='𠂊' uni='2008A' variant='1' points='0,0 128,64'>
<stroke type='p' points='64,0 0,124' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hg' points='52,46 128,46 92,128' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+2E88](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='巴' uni='5DF4' points='4,4 124,124' radical='D1 Z2'>
<comp char='' uni='E1B3' variant='1' points='0,0 102,64' />
<stroke type='swg' points='0,0 0,104 24,128 128,128 128,89' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='E1B3' variant='1' points='0,24 124,104'>
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<!-- 2013-01-17T22:49:27Z -->
</cdl>
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