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Translingual
Han character
砍 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 一口弓人 (MRNO), four-corner 17682, composition ⿰石欠)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 828, character 17
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24063
- Dae Jaweon: page 1242, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2421, character 4
- Unihan data for U+780D
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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坎
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*kʰoːmʔ, *kʰoːms
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扻
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*kʰoːmʔ
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砍
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*kʰoːmʔ
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芡
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*ɡromʔ
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欠
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*kʰoms
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杴
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*qʰom
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鍁
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*qʰam
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *kʰoːmʔ) : semantic 石 (“rock”) + phonetic 欠 (OC *kʰoms).
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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砍
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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10271
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Phonetic component
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欠
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Rime group
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談
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Rime subdivision
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3
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Corresponding MC rime
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坎
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Old Chinese
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/*kʰoːmʔ/
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Notes
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扻後起字,亦作坎,金代後作砍
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Definitions
砍
- to hack; to chop; to cut; to fell
- 砍伐 ― kǎnfá ― to cut down
- to reduce; to weaken
- 砍價/砍价 ― kǎnjià ― to reduce prices
- (dialect) to throw in order to hit
- Same as 侃 (kǎn) to chat
- a surname: Kan
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
砍 (“to chop; to hack”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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砍
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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砍
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Taiwan
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砍
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Singapore
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砍, 斬
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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砍
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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砍
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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砍
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Wuhan
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砍, 剁
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Guilin
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砍
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Yangzhou
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砍, 㓠
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Hefei
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砍
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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斬
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Hong Kong
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斬
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Yangjiang
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并
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Beihai
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斬
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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斬
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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斬
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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斬
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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斬
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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斬
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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斬
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Móng Cái
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斬
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Gan
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Nanchang
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砍, 剁
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Hakka
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Meixian
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斬, 砍
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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砍
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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砍, 斫
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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剉, 鍘
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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鏨, 砍, 斲, 刜
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Quanzhou
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鏨, 斲
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Zhangzhou
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鏨, 斲, 刜
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Taipei
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鏨
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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鏨
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Kaohsiung
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鏨
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Yilan
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鏨
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Changhua (Lukang)
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鏨
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Taichung
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鏨, 斲
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Tainan
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鏨
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Hsinchu
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鏨, 斲
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Kinmen
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鏨
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Penghu (Magong)
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鏨
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Penang (Hokkien)
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鏨
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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斲, 斬
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Manila (Hokkien)
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鏨
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Chaozhou
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斬, 斲
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Shantou
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斬
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Jieyang
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斬, 斲
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Singapore (Teochew)
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斲
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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斬
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Wu
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Suzhou
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㔍
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Wenzhou
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剉, 剁
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Xiang
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Changsha
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砍, 剁
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Shuangfeng
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剁, 砍
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- 削 (literary, or in compounds)
- 削減/削减 (xuējiǎn)
- 壓縮/压缩 (yāsuō)
- 損/损 (sǔn) (literary, or in compounds)
- 撤 (chè)
- 收縮/收缩 (shōusuō)
- 消減/消减 (xiāojiǎn)
- 減低/减低 (jiǎndī)
- 減削/减削 (jiǎnxuè)
- 減少/减少 (jiǎnshǎo)
- 減損/减损 (jiǎnsǔn)
- 減縮/减缩 (jiǎnsuō)
- 減輕/减轻 (jiǎnqīng)
- 省卻/省却 (shěngquè)
- 緊縮/紧缩 (jǐnsuō)
- 縮減/缩减 (suōjiǎn)
- 耗
- 裁 (cái)
- 裁汰 (cáitài) (literary)
- 裁減/裁减 (cáijiǎn)
- 鐫汰/镌汰 (juāntài) (literary)
- 降低 (jiàngdī)
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
砍
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Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
砍: Hán Nôm readings: khảm
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