斬

beheading

Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingザン、サン、セン、ゼン

Kun readingき.る

Grade 8KANJIDIC

RadicalComponents

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executioner · car (車) · axe (斤)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1215

斬るきる

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)

斬新ざんしん

novel

首を斬るくびをきる

to fire from a job

人斬りひときり

assassination

斬り下ろすきりおろす

to cut downward

斬り解くきりほどく

to cut open (a tied bundle)

斬り結ぶきりむすぶ

to cross swords (with)

斬りまくるきりまくる

to attack and scatter

11 strokes