砍

kǎn

HSK 7freq #3423

Meanings

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kǎn

1.to chop
2.to cut down
3.to throw sth at sb

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Wiktionary

1.to hack; to chop; to cut; to fell
2.to reduce; to weaken
3.to discontinue (a product, project, etc.)
4.to throw in order to hit
5.Same as 侃 (kǎn) to chat
6.a surname, Kan

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Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ): semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).

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Stroke order

Components

砍石欠

Components from cjk-decomp · MIT

Example sentences

湯姆砍了他門前的樹。
Tom cut down the tree that was in front of his house.
他在花园里砍了一棵树。
He cut down a tree in his garden.
他砍了花园里的一棵树。
He cut down a tree in his garden.
我從樹上砍下了一根樹枝。
I cut a branch from the tree.

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More examples & usage (AI)

Synonyms

削削減削减壓縮压缩損损撤收縮收缩消減消减減低减低減削减削減少减少減損减损減縮减缩減輕减轻省省卻省却緊縮紧缩縮減

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Related words

砍刀 machete 砍伐 to hew 砍头 to decapitate; to behead 砍价 to bargain 砍树 to chop wood 砍断 to chop off 砍死 to hack to death 砍伤 to wound with a blade or hatchet 砍杀 to attack with a bladed weapon 砍大山 variant of 侃大山[kǎn dà shān]滥砍滥伐 wanton destruction of forested lands 磨刀不误砍柴工 lit. sharpening the axe won't make the wood-splitting take longer (idiom)