伐 (attack, fell, punish, strike) - Kanji Codex

伐

attack, fell, punish, strike

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

カハツバツボチ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

う.つき.るそむ.く

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:1

Frequency:1816

Vocabulary

バツ

Word	Reading	Meaning
間伐	カンバツ	periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
乱伐	ランバツ	reckless deforestation; overcutting of forests
殺伐	サツバツ	brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
征伐	セイバツ	conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
討伐	トウバツ	subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
伐つ	うつ	to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
伐採	ばっさい	felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
伐り出す	きりだす	to quarry; to cut (timber); to cut and carry off; to begin to talk; to break the ice; to broach; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file); to splice out
伐倒	ばっとう	felling
木を伐る	きをきる	to fell a tree

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