Kanji

伐

伐

fell, strike, attack, punish

Kanji

Grade

Grade 8

Strokes

6 strokes

Radical

人部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

バツ, ハツ, カ, ボチ

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

きる, そむく, うつ

Nanori (Name Reading)

のり

Common Readings

バツ

Example sentences

討伐 とうばつ
勇者 たち は 魔王 を 討伐 する ため に 旅 に 出た 。

The heroes set out on a journey to subjugate the Demon King.

殺伐 さつばつ
職場 の 雰囲気 は 殺伐 と していた

The atmosphere in the workplace was bleak.

伐採 ばっさい
山林 の 樹木 を 伐採 して 、 新しい 道路 を 建設 した 。

We cleared the trees in the forest and built a new road.

Example Vocabulary

討伐

とうばつ

subjugation; suppression; punitive expedition

殺伐

さつばつ

bleak; bloodthirsty; savage

伐採

ばっさい

felling; logging; cutting down trees

討伐軍

とうばつぐん

征伐

せいばつ

伐る

きる

木を伐る

きをきる

誅伐

ちゅうばつ

間伐

かんばつ

伐つ

うつ

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