Memory phrase for the character: 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 kill by slicing.

Radicals

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




 Vocabulary

斬る きる  to behead, to murder

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