Kanji: 絶

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	糸 Radical name: いと
Meaning:	Discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 800 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N3	絶対(ぜったい)	absolute, unconditional, absoluteness
N3	絶滅(ぜつめつ)	destruction, extinction
N2	絶(た)えず	constantly
N1	拒絶(きょぜつ)	refusal, rejection
N1	謝絶(しゃぜつ)	refusal
N1	絶版(ぜっぱん)	out of print
N1	絶望(ぜつぼう)	despair, hopelessness
N1	絶(た)える	to die out, to peter out, to become extinct
N1	絶(た)つ	to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to abstain (from)
N1	途絶(とだ)える	to stop, to cease, to come to an end