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砍

kǎn

to hack, to chop, to cut, to fell

🔤 Pictophonetic: 石 (stone) provides meaning, 欠 provides pronunciation

HSK 5 9 strokes Common (22%)

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to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

⿰石欠 i

Stroke Order

Component Tree i

shí

石

stone, rock, mineral

💡 Ideographic: A rock 口 at the base of a cliff 厂

5 strokes HSK 5

chǎng

厂

cliff; factory, workshop; building

2 strokes HSK 5

kǒu

口

mouth; entrance, gate, opening

📷 Pictographic: An open mouth

3 strokes HSK 3

jiōng

冂

wide

2 strokes

yī

一

one; a, an; alone

💡 Ideographic: Represents heaven (天), earth (旦), or the number 1

1 strokes HSK 1

qiàn

欠

to lack, to owe; to breathe, to yawn

💡 Ideographic: A man 人 yawning ⺈

4 strokes HSK 5

Words Using 砍 (13)

Character

Pinyin

Definition

HSK

砍 ↗

kǎn

to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

kǎn

砍 ↗

HSK 5

to chop / to cut down / to throw sth at sb

to hack to death / to kill with an ax

kǎnsǐ

砍死 ↗

to hack to death / to kill with an ax

砍刀 ↗

kǎndāo

chopper (for wood etc)

kǎndāo

砍刀 ↗

chopper (for wood etc)

to chop wood / to chop down trees

kǎnshù

砍树 ↗

to chop wood / to chop down trees

to decapitate / to behead

kǎntóu

砍头 ↗

to decapitate / to behead

滥砍滥伐 ↗

lànkǎnlànfá

wanton destruction of forested lands

lànkǎnlànfá

滥砍滥伐 ↗

wanton destruction of forested lands

砍头不过风吹帽 ↗

kǎntóubùguòfēngchuīmào

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

kǎntóubùguòfēngchuīmào

砍头不过风吹帽 ↗

to regard decapitation as no more important than the wind blowing off your hat (idiom)

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