Kanji Details:
- 斬
- Frequency:2132
- Kun: き.る
- On: ザン, サン, セン, ゼン
- Meaning: beheading, kill, murder
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 斬新 ざんしん novel, original, newness 斬る きる to kill (a human) using a blade 斬 ざん beheading, decapitation 斬りつける きりつける to cut at, to slash at 人斬り ひときり assassination 斬り込む きりこむ to cut into, to cut up; to raid, to attack 斬り殺す きりころす to slay, to put somebody to the sword 斬り死に きりじに fighting to the death (with swords) 斬り捨てる きりすてる to cut down, to slay; to truncate, to round down, to round off; to omit, to discard, to cast away 斬り付ける きりつける to cut at, to slash at