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斬

斬 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きる。
  2. [法]斬刑。中国における五刑のひとつ、死刑の上位処置。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「車」+「斤」。「きる」を意味する漢語｛斬｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

beheading, kill, murder

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ザンJHS
  • サン
  • セン
  • ゼン
Kun (native)
  • き(る)JHS
Other languages
  • 拼音zhan3
  • 한글cham
  • Hán-ViệtTrảm

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
11 strokes
Radical
斤(きん)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+65AC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰車斤

Words using this kanji

  • 斬新ざんしん（元は、「嶄新」、「嶄」は「ひときわ」の意）従来の物とは性質や方法が異なり、新しい様子。novel, original, new, innovative
  • 斬るきるきる 参照。to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off), to cut (off)
  • 斬ざん斬罪、斬刑。beheading, decapitation
  • 斬首ざんしゅ首を斬る(刎ねる)こと。また、その首やそのような刑罰。decapitation, decapitated head
  • 斬殺ざんさつ日本刀などを使って斬り殺すこと。killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.), slaying, putting to the sword
  • 斬罪ざんざい刑の一つで首をはねること。打ち首。(execution by) decapitation
  • 斬撃ざんげきslash, slashing attack
  • 斬奸ざんかんkilling a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
  • 斬馬刀ざんばとうzanbatō
  • 斬鉄剣ざんてつけんsword that cuts iron
  • 斬奸状ざんかんじょうletter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain, assassin's written vindication of his killing
  • 斬首刑ざんしゅけいdecapitation
  • 斬新性ざんしんせいinnovativeness, originality, innovation
  • 斬り合いきりあいcrossing swords, fighting with swords, cutting each other (in fighting)
  • 斬新奇抜ざんしんきばつnovel, unconventional, cutting-edge
  • 斬り合うきりあうto fight with swords, to cross swords
  • 斬りかかるきりかかるto assault with a sword, to stab at, to slash at

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-4
Four Corner
5202.1
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7c4.2
Heisig
1215
Nelson
4613