Read Edit View history 砍 kǎn HSK7 hack Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 欠 represents the sound. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 欠 欠 Sound component qiàn, qian yawn, deficient Historical Pronunciations Middle ChineseOld ChineseZhengzhangkʰoːmʔUnicodekǒm Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang