砍 Stroke Order

砍 [kǎn] 动 1. 用刀斧等猛剁，用力劈。 (To chop or hack vigorously with a knife or axe.) 例：砍柴。砍伐。 (Examples: chopping wood; felling trees.) 2. 方言，把东西扔出去。 (Dialect: to throw something out.) 例：砍砖头。 (Example: throwing stones.) 3. 喻取缔（某组织）或取消（某项目、条款）。 (Metaphorically, to abolish (certain organizations) or cancel (certain projects or provisions).) 例：原定的基建项目砍了三分之一。 (Example: one-third of the planned infrastructure project was cut.) 【本义】: 猛劈 (Original meaning: to chop fiercely.) 【造字法】: 形声。从石，欠声。 (Character formation method: pictophonetic, with "stone" and "lack".) 同本义 ([En.] chop; hack; cut) 引： 1. 《广东军务记》：刀砍不入。 (Excerpt: The knife could not penetrate.) 例： 又如: 砍柴禾; 砍树; 砍削 (用刀、斧劈或削); 砍杀 (用刀斧杀人; 拼杀); 砍头 (杀头); 砍脍 (细切鱼肉)。 (Other examples: chopping firewood; felling trees; to slice (using a knife or an axe); to kill (using knives or axes); to behead; to finely slice fish or meat.) 〈方〉∶ 挖 ([En.] dig) 引： 1. 《吕梁英雄传》：镢头举得挺高，可是落到地上，砍不了两寸深。 (Excerpt: The hoe can be lifted high, but it cannot dig two inches deep into the ground.)