Memory phrase for the character: 斩

斩

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Meaning

to chop, cut, sever, behead

Pronunciation

zhǎn

Explanation

 Left: vehicle 车 (車= top view with two wheels 二, axle | and loading surface 田), right: ax 斤

Mnemonic
 
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to 车, because they took an axe, to chop it.

Radicals

斩 to chop
車 vehicle, cartTypically simplified to 车. It showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二.
斤 axeImage of an axe, probably with the handle on the right.




 Vocabulary

斩首 zhǎn shǒu  to behead
斩钉截铁 zhǎn dīng jié tiě  to chop the nail and slice the iron (idiom); resolute and decisive; unhesitating; definitely; without any doubt
满门抄斩 mǎn mén chāo zhǎn  to execute the whole family unto the third generation
满门抄斩 mǎn mén chāo zhǎn  

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