漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
伐: fell, strike
Also: attack, punish
JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
亻 carries the meaning · 戈 is drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
バツbatsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 伐採ばっさいfelling timber; cutting down trees; logging
- 間伐かんばつperiodic thinning (e.g. forest)
- 乱伐らんばつreckless deforestation
Also read ハツ, カ, ボチ, きる, そむく, うつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the person standing tall, ready to interact with the world! When this radical appears on the left, it signals that the kanji describes a human quality, a social relationship, or an action that people perform.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read バツ
5 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ハツ
6 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side伐 fell · 戈
vs代 substitute · 弋In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · fá
Same form: 伐 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 伐 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 伐 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fá most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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