绝 Strokes Write it Listen 绝 jué to cut short; extinct; to disappear HSK 3 9 strokes Radical 纟 Sound + meaning 13 words Built from纟meaningsīsilk; thread色soundsècolor, tint, hue, shade; beauty, form; sex How it works纟 hints at the meaning (thread), and 色 sè hints at the sound.