Memory phrase for the character: 砍

砍

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Meaning

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

Pronunciation

kǎn

Explanation

 Left: stone 石 (At the cliff 厂 is a stone 口), right: lack 欠 (A yawning person 人 is lacking sth)

Mnemonic
 
(In a quarry:) If stones are lacking, you need to chop /cut down sth.

Radicals

石 stoneShows a variation of cliff 厂 with a stone 囗 below.
欠 lack, yawnLike a person 人 who tears his mouth wide open when yawning and seems to have a lack (of good manners).




 Vocabulary

砍伐 kǎn fá  to hew; to cut down
砍头 kǎn tóu  decapitate; behead
砍杀 kǎn shā  to attack and kill
砍杀 kǎn shā  

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