斩 — Chinese character
斩
zhǎn
to chop, to cut, to sever; to behead
- Pinyin
- zhǎn
- Radical
- 69 ⽄ (Axe)
- Strokes
- 8
- Components
- 车 斤
- Formation
- pictophonetic — axe; meaning component 斤; sound component 车
- Traditional
- 斬
Common words with 斩
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 斩首 (斬首) | zhǎn shǒu | to behead; to decapitate |
| 斩断 (斬斷) | zhǎn duàn | to cut off; to chop sth in half |
| 斩获 (斬獲) | zhǎn huò | to kill or capture (in battle); (fig.) (sports) to score (a goal); to win (a medal) |
| 斩钉截铁 (斬釘截鐵) | zhǎn dīng jié tiě | (lit.) to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); (fig.) resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical |
| 腰斩 (腰斬) | yāo zhǎn | to chop sb in half at the waist (capital punishment); to cut sth in half |
| 斩杀 (斬殺) | zhǎn shā | to behead |
| 斩草除根 (斬草除根) | zhǎn cǎo chú gēn | to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely |
| 披荆斩棘 (披荊斬棘) | pī jīng zhǎn jí | lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom); fig. to overcome all obstacles on the way |
| 过关斩将 (過關斬將) | guò guān zhǎn jiàng | to surmount all difficulties (on the way to success) (idiom) (abbr. for 过五关斩六将 (guò wǔ guān zhǎn liù jiàng)) |
| 先斩后奏 (先斬後奏) | xiān zhǎn hòu zòu | (lit.) execute sb first, then report to the emperor (idiom); (fig.) to act first and report later; to take action without prior approval |
| 满门抄斩 (滿門抄斬) | mǎn mén chāo zhǎn | to execute the whole family and confiscate their property |
| 白斩鸡 (白斬雞) | bái zhǎn jī | Cantonese poached chicken, known as "white cut chicken" |
English words written with 斩
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.