Kanji
斬
N1
11 strokes
Grade 8
freq #2132
beheading, kill, murder
On'yomi (音読み)
ザン、 サン、 セン、 ゼン
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
き.る
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
斬新
ざんしん
novel; original
斬新性
ざんしんせい
innovativeness; originality
斬奸
ざんかん
killing a villain (with a sword, dagger, etc.)
斬首刑
ざんしゅけい
decapitation
斬撃
ざんげき
slash; slashing attack
斬奸状
ざんかんじょう
letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing
斬
ざん
beheading; decapitation
斬鉄剣
ざんてつけん
sword that cuts iron
斬馬刀
ざんばとう
zanbatō; long-handled Chinese anti-cavalry sword
斬罪
ざんざい
(execution by) decapitation
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
斬る
きる
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off)
たたっ斬る
たたっきる
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.)
延髄斬り
えんずいぎり
enzuigiri (attack that strikes the back of the head)
百人斬り
ひゃくにんぎり
slaying 100 enemies with one's sword
泣いて馬謖を斬る
ないてばしょくをきる
being just before one is generous; punishing someone you love or value to uphold the rules
袈裟斬り
けさぎり
slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder
斬りかかる
きりかかる
to assault with a sword; to stab at
斬り合う
きりあう
to fight with swords; to cross swords
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
メッタ斬り
めったぎり
hacking to pieces
Example sentences
これはいわゆる斬新（ざんしん）なアイデアです。
This is what we call a "brand new idea".
この前（まえ）の講和会議（こうわかいぎ）で完全（かんぜん）に失敗（しっぱい）してから、彼（かれ）は斬新（ざんしん）な権謀術策（けんぼうじゅっさく）で十分（じゅうぶん）に武装（ぶそう）すべきことを学（まな）んだ。
His utter failure at the last peace conference has taught him to arm himself to the teeth with new tricks and tactics.