斬
beheading, kill, murder
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
11 / 11
Information
Grade:8
Strokes:11
JLPT:N/A
Frequency:2132
Vocabulary
ザン
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斬新 | ザンシン | novel; original; new; innovative |
| 斬首 | ザンシュ | decapitation; decapitated head |
| 斬殺 | ザンサツ | killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword |
| 斬新奇抜 | ザンシンキバツ | novel; unconventional; cutting-edge |
| 斬罪 | ザンザイ | (execution by) decapitation |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斬り捨てる | きりすてる | to cut off and throw away; to abandon; to disregard; to discard; to throw to the wolves; to discard (numbers after a certain decimal place); to drop; to omit; to ignore; to round down; to cut (someone) down; to slay |
| 斬れ味 | きれあじ | sharpness; cutting ability; quickness (of wit); incisiveness; technical proficiency; skill; peppiness (of a ball) |
| 斬り捨て | きりすて | cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation |
| 斬る | きる | to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off) |
| 斬り込む | きりこむ | to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to raid; to attack; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter) |