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Stroke Order

Meanings

  • beheading
  • kill
  • murder

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ザン
  • サン
  • セン
  • ゼン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • き.る
Strokes
11
Frequency
#1499
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
#69 · axe

Components

Common Words

  • 斬るきるGodanto 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na-Adj.novel, original, new, innovative
  • 斬首ざんしゅNoundecapitation
  • 斬殺ざんさつNounkilling with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.), slaying, putting to the sword
  • 斬罪ざんざいNoun(execution by) decapitation
  • 斬撃ざんげきNounslash, slashing attack
  • 斬奸ざんかんNounkilling a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
  • 斬馬刀ざんばとうNounzanbatō, long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword

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