截

jié

cut off, stop, obstruct, intersect

How to write 截, stroke by stroke

to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length

Ideographic: A bird 隹 cut off from its nest 十 by a weapon 戈

Made of 十 + 隹 + 戈

拦截lán jiéto intercept
截肢jié zhīamputation (medicine); to amputate
截获jié huòto intercept; to cut off and capture
截止jié zhǐto end; to close; (electricity) cut-off
截至jié zhìup to (a time); by (a time)
截然不同jié rán bù tóngentirely different; different as black and white
截断jié duànto break or cut in two; to sever; to cut off; (fig.) to cut off (a conversation, a flow etc); to interrupt; (math.) to truncate
截稿jié gǎo(of a newspaper) to stop accepting incoming articles
截停jié tíngto intercept (a vehicle etc)
直截了当zhí jié liǎo dàngdirect and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward
半截bàn jiéhalf (of sth); halfway through
半截衫bàn jié shānupper jacket

截至上周，我还没有收到答复。
jié zhì shàng zhōu ， wǒ hái méi yǒu shōu dào dá fù 。
Up to last week, I hadn't received a reply.
交作业的截止日期是下周一。
jiāo zuò yè de jié zhǐ rì qī shì xià zhōu yī 。
The homework is due next Monday.
他举高了手来截的士。
tā jǔ gāo le shǒu lái jié dī shì 。
He raised his hand in order that the taxi might stop.
她从不要求他直截了当地给出答复。
tā cóng bú yāo qiú tā zhí jié liǎo dàng dì gěi chū dá fù 。
She never expects a straight answer from him.
日语和汉语的汉字发音截然不同，对吗？
rì yǔ hé hàn yǔ de hàn zì fā yīn jié rán bù tóng ， duì ma ？
The Japanese and Chinese pronunciation for kanji is very different, isn't it?