斩
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to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 斤 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 斬
- Common rank
- #2,328
- Unicode
- U+65A9
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 斩
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 两国相争，不斩来使 | when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom) | |
| 斩首行动 | (military) decapitation strike | |
| 过五关斩六将 | lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals (idiom); fig. to surmount all difficulties… | |
| 快刀斩乱麻 | lit. quick sword cuts through tangled hemp (idiom); decisive action in a complex situation… | |
| 过关斩将 | 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 | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" | |
| 斩草除根 | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate com… | |
| 斩杀线 | (gaming) kill threshold; the critical health point cutoff at which an enemy can be finishe… | |
| 满门抄斩 | to execute the whole family and confiscate their property | |
| 斩钉切铁 | see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3] | |
| 先斩后奏 | (lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom); (fig.) to act first and repor… | |
| 斩新 | variant of 嶄新|崭新[zhan3 xin1] | |
| 斩眼 | to blink (literary) | |
| 斩钢截铁 | see 斬釘截鐵|斩钉截铁[zhan3 ding1 jie2 tie3] | |
| 斩断 | to cut off; to chop sth in half | |
| 斩杀 | to behead | |
| 斩首 | to behead; to decapitate | |
| 斩钉截铁 | (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesita… | |
| 腰斩 | to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half; to reduce sth by… | |
| 监斩 | (historical) to preside over a capital execution |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 车 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 车 sound part | cart, vehicle; to move in a cart | |
| 砗 | giant clam, Tridacna gigas | |
| 厍 | surname |