暂
JLPT HSK 4

zàn
Top: chop 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤.), below: sun/Tag 日
In the vehicle there was an axe for a day, so only temporarily.

	渐
JLPT HSK 5

jiān, jiàn
Left: water 氵, right: to chop 斩 (For the vehicle 车/車, use an axe 斤 to chop it)
("Constant dripping wears the stone") Water can "chop", but only gradually. [Or due to rost: Water (damages) vehicles and axes: Gradually and little by little]

	惭
JLPT HSK 5

cán
Left: feelings 忄, right: to chop, cut 斩 (vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤)
The feeling as if being chopped, that is the: shame.

	斩
JLPT HSK 6

zhǎn
Left: vehicle 车 (車= top view with two wheels 二, axle | and loading surface 田), right: ax 斤
The beautiful vehicle 車 was simplified to 车, namely they took an axe, to chop it.

	崭
JLPT HSK 6

zhǎn
Top: mountain 山, below: chopped 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤)
The mountain appears chopped at a precipitous peak.

	堑
JLPT no HSK

qiàn
Top: chop 斩 (The vehicle 車 was chopped by an axe 斤.), bottom: earth 土
When 'chopping' the earth, you get: a moat.