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斬

zhǎn

chop

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the sound and 斤 represents the meaning.

Components
車 sound component

車  Sound component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

斤 meaning component

斤  Meaning component

jīn

  

axe

Evolution

斬 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
斬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
斬 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
斬 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

斩 (斬) 

zhǎn

cut, chop, sever; behead; to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop

Most common words with 斬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

斩

to chop

斩首

to behead

斩断

to cut off

斩草除根

to eliminate completely

斩钉截铁

unhesitating

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (2 verified)

漸 暫 慚 嶄 塹

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ts]ramʔ

tsreamX

zhǎn

cut off


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.9793% of movies

2820th most common character in movies

2463rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

斩

Unicode

U+65AC

Shuowen

“斬，也。从車，从斤。斬法車裂也。”


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