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

to cut off

斩新

zhǎn xīn

斩杀

zhǎn shā

to kill and behead

斩眼

zhǎn yǎn

to blink (literary)

斩获

zhǎn huò

斩首

zhǎn shǒu

to behead

腰斩

yāo zhǎn

斩杀线

zhǎn shā xiàn

白斩鸡

bái zhǎn jī

先斩后奏

xiān zhǎn hòu zòu

lit. first execute the criminal, then report it to the emperor (idiom)

披荆斩棘

pī jīng zhǎn jí

lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)

斩而不奏

zhǎn ér bù zòu

to do sth and not report the fact (idiom)

Characters that share the radical 车.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.