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伐

伐 — readings, stroke count and radical

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. きる。
  2. うつ。ころす。
  3. うつ。攻撃する。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

会意。「人」+「戈」、人の頭部を戈で「きる」さまを象る。「きる」「ころす」を意味する漢語｛伐｝を表す字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

fell, strike, attack, punish

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • バツJHS
  • ハツ
  • カ
  • ボチ
Kun (native)
  • き(る)
  • そむ(く)
  • う(つ)
Other languages
  • 拼音fa2
  • 拼音fa1
  • 한글beol
  • Hán-ViệtPhạt

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Basics

Strokes
6 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+4F10

Components

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Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻戈

Words using this kanji

  • 伐採ばっさい立ち木や竹を伐りとること。felling timber, cutting down trees, logging, lumbering
  • 伐倒ばっとうfelling
  • 伐木ばつぼく木を伐採すること。felling, logging
  • 伐るきるto cut down (e.g. trees)
  • 伐期ばっき材木を伐採し収穫する時期。time for harvesting (of trees)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-4
Four Corner
2325.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a4.5
Heisig
1069
Nelson
370