Memory phrase for the Kanji: 斬

斬

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Meaning kill by slicing with a sword

Pronunciation

ZAN
kiru

Explanation

Left: vehicle 車 (cart from above with丨as axis), right: axe 斤

Mnemonic
 
(An accident) with a car or an axe can slice and kill.

Radicals

斬 slicing with a sword
車 vehicleA hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the left.
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 Vocabulary

斬る きる  to behead, to murder

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