Kanji Details:
- 伐
- Frequency:1816
- Kun: き.る, そむ.く, う.つ
- On: バツ, ハツ, カ, ボチ
- Meaning: fell, strike, attack, punish
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Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 伐採 ばっさい lumbering, felling, deforestation 間伐 かんばつ periodic thinning (e.g. forest) 乱伐 らんばつ reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests 伐つ うつ to strike, to attack, to punish 伐る きる to cut down (e.g. trees) 殺伐 さつばつ bloodthirsty, brutal, savage 征伐 せいばつ conquest, subjugation, overcoming 討伐 とうばつ subjugation, suppression 南征北伐 なんせいほくばつ attacking in all directions 伐倒 ばっとう felling