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斬 = 車 + 斤

斬 is a traditional Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “cut”. It is built from 車 (cart) and 斤 (a catty (approximately 600 g)). It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.

Keyword
cut
Pinyin (Mandarin)
zhǎn
Script
Traditional chinese hanzi
Also known as
cut, chop, sever, рубить, chop, sever
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
斬 chop off

Decomposition

ids

  1. 車 cart
  2. 斤 a catty (approximately 600 g)

Characters that contain 斬

How to find 斬 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “cart” + “a catty (approximately 600 g)”. 斬 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 斬 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.