斬
ザン, サン, セン, ゼン, き.る

beheading, kill, murder

JLPT0 G7 S11 F2132

Abbreviated form# of 析 divide + 車 vehicle → employ (the weight, the wheels etc. of) a vehicle to divide/cut → *chop*/*sever*; *kill* (by beheading).

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