伐 fá
verb
: to cut down; to fell
: to dispatch an expedition against
: to attack; to boast
Kun Reading
伐つ | うつ utsu
godan verb with tu ending
: to strike; to attack; to punish
伐る | きる kiru
godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to cut down (e.g. trees)
On Reading
バツ batsu
ハツ hatsu
カ ka
ボチ bochi
伐木 fa2mu4: to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering
[ばつぼく batsuboku: felling; logging]
伐木場[场] fa2mu4 chang3: a logging area
伐木人 fa2mu4 ren2: lumberer
步伐 bu4fa2: pace; (measured) step; march
征伐 zheng1fa2: to go on or send a punitive expedition
採[采]伐 cai3fa2: to fell; to cut
[伐採 | ばっさい bassai: lumbering; felling; deforestation]攻伐 gong1fa2: to attack; to raid; (of medicine) potent
Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語
*南征北伐 | なんせいほくばつ nansei hokubatsu
: (yoji) attacking in all directions
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
假道伐虢 jia3 dao4 fa2 guo2
: to obtain safe passage to conquer the State of Guo; to borrow the resources of an ally to attack a common enemy
*南征北伐 nan2 zheng1 bei3 fa2
: war on all sides; fighting from all four quarters
口誅筆伐 [口诛笔伐] kou3 zhu1 bi3 fa2
: to condemn in speech and in writing; to denounce by word and pen
会意 Associative Compound.
Halberd 戈 (ge1: halberd radical 62)
beheading a man 亻(ren2: person radical 9)
形声 Pictophonetic.
亻 (ren2: person radical 9) suggests the meaning while
戈 (ge1: halberd; spear radical 62) provides the sound.
Look-alike:
代 dai4: to replace; era
[kun: よ yo, しろ shiro, かえ kae, かわり kawari, かわる kawaru, がわり gawari. on: だい dai, タイ tai]
Examples:
none applicable
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
