Radical:

meaning for kǎn:

  • - to chop
  • - to cut down
  • - to throw sth at sbto hew
  • - to cut downto fell trees indiscriminately
  • - excessive deforestation (idiom)macheteto bargain
  • - to cut or beat down a priceto wound with a blade or hatchet
  • - to slash
  • - to gash

xiǎoshù小树
yào
kǎn
xiǎohái小孩
yào
guǎn

A sapling needs pruning, a child discipline.


kǎn
shù
de
rén
xiāoqù削去
le
shùzhī树枝
shàng
de
shùpí树皮

The person cutting down the tree removed the bark from the branches.