斬 — cham

Parts that make up 斬

How 斬 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 斬 as a ideographic compound involving 斤, 車.

Korean example words with 斬

• 참수斬首 Korean gloss: 목을 벰
• 참륙斬戮 Korean gloss: 칼로 베어 죽임
• 참최斬衰 Korean gloss: 오복(五服)의 하나. 거친 베로 짓되 아랫단을 꿰매지 않고 접는 상복이다. 아버지나 할아버지의 상(喪)에 입는다
• 참살하다斬殺 Korean gloss: 칼로 목을 베어 죽이다
• 참획하다斬獲 Korean gloss: 베어 죽이거나 사로잡다
• 참형되다斬刑 Korean gloss: 목이 베어져 죽임을 당하다
• 처참하다處斬 Korean gloss: 목을 베어 죽이는 형벌에 처하다
• 참신성斬新性 Korean gloss: 새롭고 산뜻한 특성
• 참수형斬首刑 Korean gloss: 목을 베어 죽임. 또는 그런 형벌
• 참신미斬新美 Korean gloss: 새롭고 산뜻한 데서 나타나는 아름다움
• 감참관監斬官 Korean gloss: 죄인의 참형을 감독하고 검사하는 일을 맡아보던 벼슬아치
• 참두斬頭 Korean gloss: 목을 벰.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 斬

• 斬新ざんしん novel; original; new
• 斬るきる to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off)
• 斬ざん beheading; decapitation
• 斬首ざんしゅ decapitation; decapitated head
• 斬殺ざんさつ killing with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); slaying; putting to the sword
• 斬罪ざんざい (execution by) decapitation
• 斬撃ざんげき slash; slashing attack
• 斬奸ざんかん killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
• 人斬りひときり assassination; assassin
• 辻斬りつじぎり attacking a passerby with a sword (to test its sharpness or one's skill); samurai who tries out his sword on a passerby
• 斬馬刀ざんばとう zanbatō; long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword
• 斬鉄剣ざんてつけん sword that cuts iron

Characters sharing the phonetic 斬

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “참” in Korean.

Other hanja read “참”

Other hanja with radical 斤