绝 jué
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 纟 — silk
- Made of
- 纟 silk 色 color, tint, hue, shade
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
绝望
juéwàng
despair
Characters in this word
望 wàng
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 别感到绝望。 Bié gǎndào juéwàng. Do not feel despair.
- 他有点绝望。 Tā yǒudiǎn juéwàng. He feels a little hopeless.
- 我不再绝望。 Wǒ bù zài juéwàng. I am no longer in despair.
Related words
- 绝对 juéduì absolutely
- 拒绝 jùjué to refuse
- 希望 xīwàng to hope; hope
- 愿望 yuànwàng wish
- 看望 kànwàng to visit
- 失望 shīwàng to be disappointed
- 渴望 kěwàng to long for
- 期望 qīwàng to hope; to expect
- 无奈 wúnài helpless; having no choice
- 愿 yuàn to be willing to
- 不幸 búxìng unfortunate; misfortune
- 舍不得 shěbude to be unwilling to part with; to hate to do