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斬

Simplified: 斩

On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C1.

zhǎn ㄓㄢˇ

    • to behead (as form of capital punishment)
    • to chop

Other words read zhǎn

In the same tone

  • 展 zhǎn spread out
  • 盞 zhǎn small cup
  • 嶄 zhǎn towering
  • 颭 zhǎn sway in the wind
  • 樿 zhǎn (wood)

All 9 words read zhǎn

zhan with other tones

  • 占 zhàn take possession of
  • 站 zhàn station
  • 戰 zhàn fight
  • 粘 zhān glue
  • 霑 zhān moisten

All 33 words read zhan in any tone

How 斬 is written

    部首 radical
    斤
    笔画 strokes
    11, with 7 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    車斤
    形旁 meaning
    斤
    声旁 sound
    車

    Words with 斬

    Starting with 斬

    All 9 words starting with 斬

    Ending with 斬

    • 腰斬 yāozhǎn terminate
    • 滿門抄斬 mǎnménchāozhǎn execute the whole family and confiscate their property

    Containing 斬

    • 快刀斬亂麻 kuàidāozhǎnluànmá decisive action in a complex situation
    • 披荊斬棘 pījīngzhǎnjí break through hardships
    • 先斬後奏 xiānzhǎnhòuzòu execute sb first, then report to the emperor
    • 過關斬將 guòguānzhǎnjiàng surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom)
    • 過五關斬六將 guòwǔguānzhǎnliùjiàng lit. to cross five passes and slay six generals

    All 6 words containing 斬

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