| 1225 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1275 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1790 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1283 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1328 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2984 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 911 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 933 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 450 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 806 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3632 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1855 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2532 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1406 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 11462 | Morohashi |
| 2915 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2011 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1394 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1495 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1930 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
889 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 懸賞 【ケンショウ】 offering a prize, prize competition, prize, reward
- 懸案 【ケンアン】 pending question, unresolved problem
- 倒懸 【トウケン】 hanging (someone) upside down
- 懸案 【ケンアン】 pending question, unresolved problem
- 懸念 【ケネン】 worry, fear, anxiety, concern
- 鈴懸 【スズカケ】 plane tree (esp. the Oriental plane, Platanus orientalis), hemp overgarment worn by Shugendō practitioners
- 手掛け 【テカケ】 handle, mistress, kept woman, concubine
Kun reading compounds
- 掛ける 【かける】 to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall), to let hang, to suspend (from), to hoist (e.g. sail), to raise (e.g. flag), to put on (e.g. a blanket), to put on top of, to cover, to lay, to spread, to put on (glasses, etc.), to wear (a necklace, etc.), to make (a call), to spend (time, money), to expend, to use, to pour (liquid) onto, to sprinkle (powder or spices) onto, to splash, to throw (e.g. water) onto, to turn on (an engine, radio, etc.), to set (a dial, alarm clock, etc.), to put on (a DVD, song, etc.), to use (a device, implement, etc.), to cause (someone inconvenience, trouble, etc.), to burden (someone), to impose, to multiply (arithmetic operation), to secure (e.g. lock), to take a seat, to sit, to rest (something on something else), to support (something on something else), to bind, to wager, to bet, to risk, to stake, to gamble, to put an effect (spell, anaesthetic, etc.) on, to hold (a play, festival, etc.), to hold an emotion for (pity, hope, etc.), to argue (in court), to deliberate (in a meeting), to present (e.g. idea to a conference, etc.), to increase further, to catch (in a trap, etc.), to set atop, to erect (a makeshift building), to apply (insurance), to pun (on a word), to use (a word) as a pivot word, to play on words, to be partway doing ..., to begin (but not complete) ..., to be about to ..., to address (someone), to direct (something, to someone), to do (something, to someone)
- 掛かる 【かかる】 to take (a resource, e.g. time or money), to hang, to come into view, to arrive, to come under (a contract, a tax), to start (engines, motors), to attend, to deal with, to handle, to have started to, to be on the verge of, to overlap (e.g. information in a manual), to cover, to (come) at, to be fastened, to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.), to be caught in, to get a call, to depend on
Readings
- Korean:
- hyeon
Spanish
- suspender
- colgar
- depender
- estar suspendido
Portuguese
- suspender
- pendurar
- 10%
- instalar
- depender
- consultar
French
- suspendre
- pendre
- 10%
- installer
- dépendre
- consulter
| 1258 | 2001 Kanji |
| 4k16.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-16-4 | SKIP code |
| 6233.9 | Four corner code |
| 2233.9 | Four corner code |
| 1-23-92 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 61f8 | Unicode hex code |
discontinue, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress, be beyond, without match, peerless, unparalleled
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
784 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 絶 【ゼツ】 starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
- 絶縁 【ゼツエン】 breaking off relations (with), severing one's connections (with), breaking with (e.g. one's past), insulation (electrical or thermal), isolation
- 超絶 【チョウゼツ】 transcendence, excellence, superiority
- 壮絶 【ソウゼツ】 heroic, fierce, grand, sublime, magnificent
Kun reading compounds
- 絶える 【たえる】 to die out, to peter out, to become extinct, to cease, to be stopped, to be discontinued, to be cut off
- 絶えることなく 【たえることなく】 unceasing, relentless
- 絶やす 【たやす】 to exterminate, to eradicate, to wipe out, to put an end to, to let (fire) go out, to let die (e.g. flowers), to run out of
- 断つ 【たつ】 to sever, to cut off, to suppress, to eradicate, to exterminate, to abstain (from), to give up
Readings
- Korean:
- jeol
Spanish
- extinguir
- eliminar
- rechazar
- absoluto
- lugar escarpado
- desaparecer
- extinguirse
- exterminar
- erradicar
- suprimir
Portuguese
- descontinuar
- além de
- romper
- cortar desligar
- abster- se
- interromper
- suprimir
French
- cesser
- au-delà
- rompre
- couper
- s'abstenir
- interrompre
- supprimer
| 828 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 756 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 733 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 743 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3539 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 630 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 820 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2148 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 742 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 755 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 734 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1534 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1711 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 917 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1240 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1770 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 49469 | Morohashi |
| 1353 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4490 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1754 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1891 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 756 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2756 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6a6.11 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 2791.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-32-68 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7d76 | Unicode hex code |