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砍伐

kǎnfá

to cut down; to fell

A person saws a thick trunk beside fresh stumps
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Characters in this word

砍 kǎn

Strokes
9
Radical
石 — stone, rock, mineral
Made of
石 stone, rock, mineral 欠 to lack, to owe
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

伐 fá

Strokes
6
Radical
亻 — man, person
Made of
亻 man, person 戈 spear, lance, halberd
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 伐

Example phrases

  • 未经批准砍伐古树,不仅违法,也会破坏社区景观。 Wèi jīng pīzhǔn kǎnfá gǔshù, bùjǐn wéifǎ, yě huì pòhuài shèqū jǐngguān. Cutting down old trees without approval is not only illegal, but also damages the community landscape.
  • 为了保护森林,这里禁止随意砍伐树木。 Wèile bǎohù sēnlín, zhèlǐ jìnzhǐ suíyì kǎnfá shùmù. To protect the forest, it is forbidden to cut down trees at will here.
  • 工人们砍伐了河边的老树,准备修一条新路。 Gōngrénmen kǎnfá le hé biān de lǎo shù, zhǔnbèi xiū yì tiáo xīn lù. Workers felled the old trees by the river to prepare to build a new road.

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