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
绝迹
juéjì
to disappear; to become extinct
Characters in this word
迹 jì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 亦 also, too
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这种鸟在本地绝迹多年，最近才重新出现。 Zhè zhǒng niǎo zài běndì juéjì duō nián, zuìjìn cái chóngxīn chūxiàn. This species of bird disappeared from the local area for years and only recently reappeared.
- 这种昆虫在城市里几乎绝迹了。 Zhè zhǒng kūnchóng zài chéngshì lǐ jīhū juéjì le. This kind of insect has almost vanished from the city.
- 这种老式电话早已绝迹，年轻人甚至没见过。 Zhè zhǒng lǎoshì diànhuà zǎoyǐ juéjì, niánqīng rén shènzhì méi jiànguo. This old-style telephone vanished long ago; young people have never even seen one.
Related words
- 绝对 juéduì absolutely
- 拒绝 jùjué to refuse
- 绝望 juéwàng despair
- 杜绝 dùjué to put an end to; to prevent entirely
- 断绝 duànjué to cut off; to sever
- 绝 jué absolutely; to cut off; exhausted
- 绝技 juéjì unique skill; consummate skill
- 绝缘 juéyuán to insulate; insulation
- 络绎不绝 luòyìbùjué in an endless stream; continuously
- 灭绝 mièjué to become extinct; to exterminate
- 滔滔不绝 tāotāobùjué to talk endlessly; to flow on without pause
- 谢绝 xièjué to politely decline; to refuse