Chinese Character 斬 Meanings and components.

Form

斬

Meaning

斬 meaning[3] in English

To Behead (As Form Of Capital Punishment).

To Chop.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 斬 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Che (車) , and catty (斤)

Its radical[1] is: 斤 (jin1) which means: Catty, (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G, (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G, (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G, .斤jin1catty

In cangjie it is written with JJHML

How to write 斬

To write斬zhan3to behead … you should write a combination of 車che1surname Che , 斤jin1catty arranged in a 吅 shape:

車 + 斤 = 斬

斬 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 斬 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 斬, looks as follow:

斬
Pinyin:zhan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Behead (As Form Of Capital Punishment) . To Chop
車
Pinyin:che1
Meaning[3]: Surname Che
斤
Pinyin:jin1
Meaning[3]: Catty . (Prc) Weight Equal To 500 G . (Tw) Weight Equal To 600 G . (Hk, Malaysia, Singapore) Slightly Over 604 G

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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