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斬

斬

See also: 斩 and 䡊

Translingual

Han character

斬 (radical 69 斤+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 十十竹一中 (JJHML), four-corner 52021, composition ⿰車斤)

References

  • KangXi: page 479, character 18
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13555
  • Dae Jaweon: page 838, character 16
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 2024, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+65AC

Chinese

trad. 斬
simp. 斩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (斬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
慚 *zaːm
慙 *zaːm
鏨 *zaːm, *zaːmʔ, *zaːms, *zeːm, *zamʔ
槧 *zaːmʔ, *sʰam, *sʰams, *zamʔ
暫 *zaːms
蹔 *zaːms
斬 *ʔsreːmʔ
獑 *zeːm, *zaːm
嶃 *zreːmʔ, *zaːm
覱 *ʔsraːms
摲 *sʰraːms
漸 *ʔsam, *zamʔ
塹 *sʰams
壍 *sʰams
嬱 *sʰams
螹 *zam, *zamʔ
蔪 *zamʔ

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 斬
Mandarin Beijing /ʈ͡ʂan²¹⁴/
Harbin /ʈ͡ʂan²¹³/
Tianjin /t͡san¹³/
Jinan /ʈ͡ʂã⁵⁵/
Qingdao /t͡sã⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /ʈ͡ʂan⁵³/
Xi'an /t͡sã⁵³/
Xining /t͡sã⁵³/
Yinchuan /ʈ͡ʂan⁵³/
Lanzhou /ʈ͡ʂɛ̃n⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /t͡san⁵¹/
Wuhan /t͡san⁴²/
Chengdu /t͡san⁵³/
Guiyang /t͡san⁴²/
Kunming /ʈ͡ʂã̠⁵³³¹/
Nanjing /ʈ͡ʂaŋ²¹²/
Hefei /ʈ͡ʂæ̃²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Pingyao /t͡sɑŋ⁵³/
/t͡sɑ⁵³/
Hohhot /t͡sæ̃⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /t͡se³⁵/
Suzhou /t͡se̞⁵¹/
Hangzhou /t͡sẽ̞⁵³/
Wenzhou /t͡sa³⁵/
Hui Shexian /t͡sɛ³⁵/
Tunxi /t͡sɔ³¹/
Xiang Changsha /t͡san⁴¹/
Xiangtan /t͡san⁴²/
Gan Nanchang /t͡san²¹³/
Hakka Meixian /t͡sam³¹/
Taoyuan /t͡sɑm³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /t͡sam³⁵/
Nanning /t͡sɛm³⁵/
/t͡sam³⁵/
Hong Kong /t͡sam³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /t͡sam⁵³/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /t͡saŋ³²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /t͡saŋ²¹/
Shantou (Min Nan) /t͡sʰam⁵³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /tam²¹³/
Rime
Character 斬
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 莊 (18)
Final (韻) 咸 (151)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 側減切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡ʃˠɛmX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʈ͡ʂᵚæmX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡ʃɐmX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʈ͡ʂəɨmX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡ʃɐmX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡ʃɐmX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /ʈ͡ʂămX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zhǎn
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 斬
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zhǎn
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsrɛmX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ramʔ/
English cut off

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 斬
Reading # 1/1
No. 16796
Phonetic
component		 斬
Rime
group		 談
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 斬
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔsreːmʔ/

Definitions

斬

  1. to cut, to chop
  2. to behead

Definitions

  • 先斬後奏／先斩后奏 (xiānzhǎnhòuzòu)
  • 先斬後聞／先斩后闻
  • 出斬／出斩
  • 大有斬獲／大有斩获
  • 抄斬／抄斩
  • 披荊斬棘／披荆斩棘
  • 搴旗斬馘／搴旗斩馘
  • 斬伐／斩伐
  • 斬刈殺伐／斩刈杀伐
  • 斬刑／斩刑
  • 斬宗絕嗣／斩宗绝嗣
  • 斬將奪旗／斩将夺旗
  • 斬將搴旗／斩将搴旗 (zhǎnjiàngqiānqí)
  • 斬截／斩截
  • 斬斫／斩斫
  • 斬斬剁剁／斩斩剁剁
  • 斬新／斩新 (zhǎnxīn)
  • 斬木為兵／斩木为兵
  • 斬決／斩决
  • 斬獲／斩获
  • 斬盡殺絕／斩尽杀绝
  • 斬監候／斩监候
  • 斬眼／斩眼
  • 斬立決／斩立决
  • 斬經堂／斩经堂
  • 斬草除根／斩草除根 (zhǎncǎochúgēn)
  • 斬蛇／斩蛇
  • 斬蛇逐鹿／斩蛇逐鹿
  • 斬衰／斩衰
  • 斬釘截鐵／斩钉截铁 (zhǎndīngjiétiě)
  • 斬鋼截鐵／斩钢截铁
  • 斬雞頭／斩鸡头
  • 斬首／斩首 (zhǎnshǒu)
  • 斬首示眾／斩首示众
  • 斬馘／斩馘
  • 斬馬劍／斩马剑
  • 斬馬謖／斩马谡
  • 滿門抄斬／满门抄斩
  • 監斬／监斩
  • 監斬官／监斩官
  • 腰斬／腰斩 (yāozhǎn)
  • 處斬／处斩
  • 過關斬將／过关斩将
  • 錯斬崔寧／错斩崔宁

Japanese

Kanji

斬

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

斬 • ‎(cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune-Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)

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Vietnamese

Han character

斬 (trảm, chém)

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