砍 kǎn – cut

Main meanings:

① cut, chop
② cut down

HSK –

STROKES – 5

RADICAL – 石

Etymology:

Elements —- Open mouth 欠 + stone 石. Phonetic series 欠.

A stone 石 knife that leaves a void 欠 when cutting.

Main Words:

砍柴 kǎnchái cut firewood.

Discussion and sources

The origin of Chinese characters

Jun 28, 2020 | Sin categoría

The origin of Chinese characters in John C. Didier, “In and Outside the Square,” Sino-Platonic Papers, 192, vol. 1 (September, 2009) The technology of writing appears suddenly and morphologically fully developed on Shang oracle bones and, later, bronzes at about the...