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kǎn

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kǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
kǎn | kan3
English translation
to chop
to cut down
to throw sth at sb
to hack, to chop, to cut, to fell

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About kǎn

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

kǎn

Contains the radical

Shí

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

stone

Etymology of kǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

石欠

Semantic compound

Shí

Phonetic compound

qiàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Shí represents the meaning and qiàn represents the sound.

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Example sentences using kǎn

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刽子手 guì zi shǒu Dāo jiù de tóu kǎn le .

The executioner cut off his head at one blow.

他们 tā men 拔除 bá chú le 坟墓 fénmù shǎng de 茂草荨麻 qián má , kǎn duàn ǎi shù gēn zhū .

They plucked the long grass and nettles from the tombs, thinned the poor shrubs and roots.

Dāo kǎn lái , Qiāng jià zhù .

I fended off his sword thrust with my spear.

zhè shù tài le , kǎn diào 一些 yī xiē 枝条 zhī tiáo .

The tree is so big, you'll have to chop back some of the branches.

一刀 jiù 小苗 kǎn dǎo le .

She cut down the seedling with one chop.

Words with kǎn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
kǎn to chop kǎn
砍刀 kǎn dāo machete砍刀 kǎn dāo
砍伐 kǎnfá to hew砍伐 kǎnfá
砍价 kǎn jià to bargain砍價
砍断 kǎn duàn to chop off砍斷
砍杀 kǎn shā to attack with a bladed weapon砍殺
砍头 kǎn tóu to decapitate砍頭
砍大山 kǎn dà shān to chew the fat砍大山 kǎn dà shān

kǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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kǎn Decomposition

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