Skip to content

斬

zhǎn

cut, chop, sever; behead

Strokes
11
Radical
斤
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 斩

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 斩, the simplified form of 斬. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 我斩钉截铁地拒绝了。

    Wǒ zhǎn dīng jié tiě de jù jué le

    I flatly refused.

Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 斩

  • 斩钉截铁zhǎn dīng jié tiě 3–1–2–3lit. to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); fig. resolute and decisive; unhesitating; categorical
  • 斩zhǎn 3to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop
  • 斩草除根zhǎn cǎo chú gēn 3–3–2–1 → 2–3–2–1to cut weeds and eliminate the roots (idiom); to destroy root and branch; to eliminate completely