斩 (zhǎn) — Chinese Character

斩

zhǎn

to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop

Radical: 车 HSK 7 v pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

斩 decomposes into the following components:

车斤

Semantic component: 斤; phonetic component: 车.

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 斩.

斩断

zhǎn duàn

斩新

zhǎn xīn

斩杀

zhǎn shā

斩眼

zhǎn yǎn

斩获

zhǎn huò

斩首

zhǎn shǒu

腰斩

yāo zhǎn

斩杀线

zhǎn shā xiàn

白斩鸡

bái zhǎn jī

先斩后奏

xiān zhǎn hòu zòu

披荆斩棘

pī jīng zhǎn jí

斩而不奏

zhǎn ér bù zòu

Characters that share the radical 车.

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