# 斬 — Slice

Frequency rank 1549 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Rarer in this ranking, but still part of the 2,608-character published set.

More common than 鎌 (Sickle), less common than 遭 (Encounter).

- On’yomi: ざん
- Kun’yomi: き
- Radical: 斤 Axe (Kangxi 69)
- Frequency path: Level XII of XX

A car on the left is struck by an axe on the right — an axe slicing through a car cuts it clean in two, a devastating slice.

In words:

- 斬る きる — (v5r) to behead,to murder

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