斬
slash; beheading; kill; murder
11 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 2132.
Readings
- ザン (on reading): 斬新 (ざんしん) novel; 斬 (ざん) beheading
- きる (kun reading): 人斬り (ひときり) assassination; 辻斬り (つじぎり) attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)
- サン (on reading)
- セン (on reading)
- ゼン (on reading)
Components
Kanji containing 斬
- 暫 temporarily
- 漸 steadily
- 塹 moat
- 嶄 steep or high mountain
- 慚 feel ashamed
- 慙 ashamed
- 槧 printed book
- 鏨 cold chisel
Words using 斬
- 斬新 (ざんしん) novel
- 斬 (ざん) beheading
- 斬首 (ざんしゅ) decapitation
- 斬殺 (ざんさつ) killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.)
- 斬撃 (ざんげき) slash
- 人斬り (ひときり) assassination
- 辻斬り (つじぎり) attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)
- 試し斬り (ためしぎり) trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
- 斬り合い (きりあい) crossing swords
- 斬りかかる (きりかかる) to assault with a sword
27 words in all.