Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 斬

斬

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Meaning

 kill by slicing with a sword

Pronunciation

 ZAN
kiru

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 車 (cart from above with丨as axis), right: axe 斤

Mnemonic

(An accident) with a car or an axe can slice and kill.

Radicals

斬 slicing with a sword
車 vehicle(A hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. )
斤 axe(Image of an axe, probably with the handle on the left.)
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Vocabulary

斬る きる to behead, to murder

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