斬 — beheading, kill, murder

きる斬 beheading

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 11 strokes

U+65AC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #2132 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1215 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

beheading
kill
murder

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き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

斬(き) る kiru to cut down

さん・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

斬(ざん) 新(しん) zanshin novel

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Components

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くるま車 car #159

きん斤 axe #69

Used as component in (2)

しばらく暫 temporarily ぜん漸 steadily

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#69 斤 axe

斬 — beheading, kill, murder

Meanings

word

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

さん・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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斬 — beheading, kill, murder

Meanings

word

き ki Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

さん ・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Used as component in (2)

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

さん・ざん san On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).