What 砍 means
砍 means to chop forcefully with a blade or axe.
A 2013 study cites the Ming period Chinese dictionary 篇海類編 as an early dictionary record for 砍, glossed there as 砍斫. The same study notes that 砍 is absent from 說文, an early Chinese dictionary; this dates the record, not the character's origin.
The left-side 石 is the meaning component, while right-side 欠 supplies the sound. 砍 is a separate character from 斩, not its simplified form.
What does 砍 mean when someone sends it?
Read the following word before judging the tone.
By itself, 砍 is blunt and physical: chop or hack. Ming and Qing examples also use it for striking a person; a northern-dialect sense extends it to throwing something at someone.
A following word can shift the action: 砍价 means bargaining over a price, while 砍掉 means removing or cancelling something, such as a plan or budget.
Bare 砍 is blunt and physical; its compound determines whether the action is practical, commercial, or threatening.
Bare 砍 means chopping or attack, not bargaining; look for 价 or a clear price context.
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Who writes 砍
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What it means when someone sends it to you
4 readingsOn its own: chop or hack; blunt and physical.
Don't confuse it with
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Related characters
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Combination ideas
1Worth knowing
- A 2018 guide to Chinese secondhand listings explains 可小刀 as a signal that a seller is open to a little bargaining, extending the 砍价 sense.
Questions people ask
1Why does 砍 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 砍
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- 砍 meaning · 砍 character · kǎn · kan · 砍价 · 砍掉 · 砍柴 · 砍伐
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