漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
斬: beheading, kill
Also: murder
N1 (our estimate)11 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
車 and 斤 carry the meaning
11 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
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Two readings, and the words that use each
ザンzan · on'yomi · in compounds
- 斬新ざんしんnovel; original; new
- 斬首ざんしゅdecapitation
きるkiru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 斬るきるto kill (a human) using a blade (sword…
Also read サン, セン, ゼン, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Chop! Imagine a heavy axe swinging through the air to split a log.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ザン
3 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ゼン
10 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side斬 beheading · 斤
vs軟 soft · 欠In ChineseSimplified 斩 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhǎn
Japan keeps the traditional form 斬; mainland China simplifies it to 斩.
- Simplified
- 斩 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 斬 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhǎn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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