← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Dec 24, 2021, 06:45 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Dec 24, 2021, 06:45 PM
Changed fields: gloss, hint, isVerified, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations
Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the sound and 斤 represents the meaning. Simplified from 斬.
Components
Change in sound
斩 and 车 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations