斬
- Meaning
- beheading kill murder
- On reading
- ザン | サン | セン | ゼン
- Kun reading
- き.る
- Nanori
- —
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 69
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT
- —
- Frequency
- 2132
Stroke order
Words using 斬
- 斬る きる — to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)
- 斬新 ざんしん — novel
- 切り捨てる きりすてる — to cut off and throw away
- 切れ味 きれあじ — sharpness
- 切り捨て きりすて — cutting a person down (without a second thought)
- 切り下げる きりさげる — to cut down
- 切り込む きりこむ — to cut deep into
- 切り倒す きりたおす — to cut down
- 切り取り きりとり — cutting
- 首切り くびきり — decapitation
- 切り込み きりこみ — cut
- 切り返す きりかえす — to slash back
- 首を切る くびをきる — to fire from a job
- 人斬り ひときり — assassination
- 切り下ろす きりおろす — to cut downward
- 切り解く きりほどく — to cut open (a tied bundle)
- 切り結ぶ きりむすぶ — to cross swords (with)
- 切りまくる きりまくる — to attack and scatter
- 斬り合い きりあい — crossing swords
- 切り刻む きりきざむ — to hew
- 切り殺す きりころす — to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.)
- 切り散らす きりちらす — to cut down all
- 切り死に きりじに — fighting to the death (with swords)
- 切り破る きりやぶる — to cut to pieces
- 切り伏せる きりふせる — to slay
- 切り払う きりはらう — to clear away
- 叩き切る たたききる — to hack
- 切りつける きりつける — to cut at
- なで斬り なでぎり — slashing (with the blade pressed against the object)
- 斬首 ざんしゅ — decapitation
- 胴切り どうぎり — horizontal cut (esp. fish, plant, etc.)
- 試し斬り ためしぎり — trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
- 斬殺 ざんさつ — killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.)
- 斬新奇抜 ざんしんきばつ — novel
- 斬罪 ざんざい — (execution by) decapitation
- メッタ斬り めったぎり — hacking to pieces
- 辻斬り つじぎり — attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill)
- 斬り合う きりあう — to fight with swords
- 斬りかかる きりかかる — to assault with a sword
- 斬馬刀 ざんばとう — zanbatō