斩
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to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
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Dict coverage rank #2,328 U+65A9
How 斩 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
斤 (semantic, “axe”) + 车 (phonetic, chē)
How to remember it
hew · Heisig RSH #928
车 car + tomahawk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 车
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 车 (chē) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车 sound component | chē | cart, vehicle; to move in a cart |
| 砗 | chē | giant clam, Tridacna gigas |
| 厍 | shè | surname |
Words containing 斩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两国相争，不斩来使 | liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ | when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) |
| 斩首行动 | zhǎn shǒu xíng dòng | (military) decapitation strike |
| 过五关斩六将 | guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom); fig. to surmount all difficulties… |
| 快刀斩乱麻 | kuài dāo zhǎn luàn má | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation… |
| 过关斩将 | guò guān zhǎn jiàng | to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 過五關斬六將|过五关斩六将[guo4… |
| 白斩鸡 | bái zhǎn jī | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" |
| 斩草除根 | zhǎn cǎo chú gēn | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate com… |
| 斩杀线 | zhǎn shā xiàn | (gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finishe… |
| 满门抄斩 | mǎn mén chāo zhǎn | to execute the whole family and confiscate their property |
| 斩钉切铁 | zhǎn dīng qiē tiě | see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3] |
| 先斩后奏 | xiān zhǎn hòu zòu | (lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom); (fig.) to act first and repor… |
| 斩新 | zhǎn xīn | variant of 嶄新|崭新[zhan3 xin1] |
| 斩眼 | zhǎn yǎn | to blink (literary) |
| 斩钢截铁 | zhǎn gāng jié tiě | see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3] |
| 斩断 | zhǎn duàn | to cut off; to chop sth in half |
| 斩杀 | zhǎn shā | to behead |
| 斩首 | zhǎn shǒu | to behead; to decapitate |
| 斩钉截铁 | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesita… |
| 腰斩 | yāo zhǎn | to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half; to reduce sth by… |
| 监斩 | jiān zhǎn | (historical) to preside over a capital execution |