Kanji1 / 11
斬 kanji
beheading, kill, murder
- JLPT level
- Not on the lists
- First appears in
- N2 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 11
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
ザンサンセンゼン
Kun readings
きる
Words with 斬
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —斬新Popularnovel; original; new; innovative
- —斬beheading; decapitation
- —斬首decapitation; decapitated head
- —斬殺killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword
- —斬罪(execution by) decapitation
- —斬撃slash; slashing attack
- —斬奸killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
- —斬馬刀zanbatō; long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword
- —斬鉄剣sword that cuts iron
- —斬奸状letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
- —斬首刑decapitation
- —斬新性innovativeness; originality; innovation
- —斬新奇抜novel; unconventional; cutting-edge