1242/2000JLPT: N1School Grade: Junior high schoolThis character is a combination of 日 sun/day a

1242/2000

JLPT: N1

School Grade: Junior high school

This character is a combination of 日 sun/day and 斬 behead/kill. Here 斬 is a phonetic element signaling the on’yomi, while also lending a meaning of “brief.” 日 is being used to mean “time.” Together, they give “brief time.”