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斬

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
斤#69 · axe

Components

Common Words

  • 斬ざんNoun
    beheading, decapitation
  • 斬るきるGodan verb
    to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.), to slice (off), to lop (off)
  • 斬新ざんしんna-adjective
    novel, original, new
  • 斬味きれあじNoun
    sharpness, cutting ability
  • 斬奸ざんかんNoun
    killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
  • 斬撃ざんげきNoun
    slash, slashing attack
  • 斬殺ざんさつNoun
    killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.), slaying, putting to the sword
  • 斬罪ざんざいNoun
    (execution by) decapitation

Practice in Kanjiru

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