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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- kan3
- English meanings
- ax, hack, cut, shear, hew, chop_down, whack, carbonado, throw sth. at, hag, fall, chop
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 石; right 欠.
Meaning & sound clues
石 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “stone”.
欠 is identified as the sound component (qiàn). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 砍.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
chat; boast
publish; periodical
survey; investigate
can; bear; worthy
threshold
see
look down; overlook
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