斬

beheading

Stroke count: 11

Readings

On readingザン、サン、セン、ゼン

Kun readingき.る

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

beheading
これはいわゆる斬新なアイデアです。This is what we call a "brand new idea".tatoeba
それから諸臣に対して福信を斬るべきかと問うた。Then he asked his vassals whether Fukushin should got slashed to death or not.wiki
kill
さらに抗議に来た親佐五衛門まで斬ると言いだす。Besides, he says that he will also kill Sagoemon, the boy's father, who has come to protest.wiki
murder
chop offRtK

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
to slice (off)
to lop (off)
to cut (off)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical斤axe

Components

How it's built

斬

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

executioner · car (車) · axe (斤)

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

Compound words

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

斬新ざんしん

novel; original; new; innovative

斬解くきりほどく

to cut open (a tied bundle)

斬結ぶきりむすぶ

to cross swords (with)

人斬りひときり

袈裟斬りけさぎり

slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

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)

首を斬るくびをきる

to fire from a job

斬りまくるきりまくる

to attack and scatter

斬り下ろすきりおろす

to cut downward

斬り伏せるきりふせる

泣いて馬謖を斬るないてばしょくをきる

being just before one is generous

Additional Examples

さて、斬首刑の時間だ。この世に言い残す事はないか。

Well, it's time for your decapitation. Don't you have any last words to say?tatoeba

それから諸臣に対して福信を斬るべきかと問うた。

Then he asked his vassals whether Fukushin should got slashed to death or not.wiki

Stroke Order

11 strokes

Practice Writing

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