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伐 means 'fell (an enemy)'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 1936   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-36    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 6 words   Used in 22 words   Used in 26 names   Component in 6 kanji (1 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   バツ
Additional readings
On    ハツ   カ   ボチ
Kun    きる   そむく   うつ
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A Joy o' Kanji essay is available for 伐 - click the badge to download
See how trees can be difficult! Find out why marketers emphasize that products have been made from wood felled in thinning the forest, and discover the thinking behind thinning forests at all. Then explore figurative uses of 伐 in terms about savage behavior, punitive expeditions to subjugate rebels, and the conquest of other countries. Also learn about a Japanese Robin Hood!
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⿰  亻 (人) man  戈 tasseled spear  
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代 replace  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 伐 is used 4 times, read 1 way (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 伐 is used 22 times, read 3 ways (with 1 variation).
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バツ : 16 words FIND ALL
せ い ば つ 1
1. conquest; subjugation; overcoming
2. chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
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バツ (read as ばっ) : 2 words FIND ALL
ば っ さ い 0
lumbering; felling; deforestation
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きる : 3 words FIND ALL
'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
to cut down (e.g. trees)
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うつ : 1 word FIND ALL
to strike; to attack; to punish
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An additional 代 less common words include 伐 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 1707  Joy o' Kanji : 1707  Key to Kanji: - 

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伐
バツ    to fell   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
戈
tasseled spear
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