Depicts a weapon (戈) slashing a person's (亻) neck. Based on the original meaning "to behead someone". The meaning later shifted to "to attack" and "cut down".
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Historical Evolution
伐
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
伐
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
伐
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
伐
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
伐
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
伐
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
伐
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
伐
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
伐
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
伐
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
伐
Regular
Modern
Chinese
伐 [fá]
to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fā]
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
伐 いさお
Isao female given name
CHINESE WORDS (45)
步伐 [bùfá] #9,673
pace
伐木 [fámù] #15,266
to cut wood
讨伐 [tǎofá] #23,585
to suppress by armed force
讨伐 [tǎofá] #23,585
to suppress by armed force
巴伐利亚 [Bāfálìyà] #20,457
Bavaria
巴伐利亚 [Bāfálìyà] #20,457
Bavaria
斯洛伐克 [Sīluòfákè] #23,380
Slovakia (officially, since 1993, the Slovak Republic)
捷克斯洛伐克 [JiékèSīluòfákè] #27,021
Republic of Czechoslovakia (1918-1992)
砍伐 [kǎnfá] #34,111
to hew
采伐 [cǎifá] #24,030
to fell
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JAPANESE WORDS (30)
⭐ 討つ [うつ] #3,034
to attack
切り出す [きりだす] #4,665
to quarry
討伐 [とうばつ] #8,162
subjugation (using military force)
殺伐 [さつばつ] #17,565
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.)
⭐ 伐採 [ばっさい] #25,020
felling timber
征伐 [せいばつ] #31,329
conquest
討伐軍 [とうばつぐん] #43,573
punitive force
伐る [きる] #50,473
to cut down (e.g. trees)
木を伐る [きをきる] #74,032
to fell a tree
誅伐 [ちゅうばつ] #89,290
assailing criminals
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