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砍

kǎn

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 5

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kǎn · ham2 (Jyutping)

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

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Character breakdown

砍

Meaning
hack, chop, cut, fell
Radical
石
Strokes
9
Components
⿰石欠
Cangjie
MRNO
Four-corner
1768.2

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