伐 — Chinese character
伐
fá
cut down, subjugate, attack
- Pinyin
- fá
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 亻 戈
- Formation
- ideographic — A person 亻 attacked 戈
- Japanese
- 伐 as a kanji
Common words with 伐
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 步伐 | bù fá | pace; (measured) step |
| 讨伐 (討伐) | tǎo fá | to suppress by armed force; to send a punitive expedition against |
| 砍伐 | kǎn fá | to hew; to cut down |
| 伐木 | fá mù | to fell trees (for timber) |
| 采伐 (採伐) | cǎi fá | to fell; to cut |
| 征伐 | zhēng fá | to go on or send a punitive expedition |
| 北伐军 (北伐軍) | běi fá jūn | the Northern Expeditionary Army |
| 滥伐 (濫伐) | làn fá | to denude; illegal logging |
| 口诛笔伐 (口誅筆伐) | kǒu zhū bǐ fá | to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom); to denounce by word and pen |
| 伐木工 | fá mù gōng | lumberjack; logger |
| 盗伐 (盜伐) | dào fá | to unlawfully fell trees |
| 攻伐 | gōng fá | to attack; to raid |
English words written with 伐
伐 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 7 · Art of War 4 · I Ching 4 · Mencius 29 · Zhuangzi 22 · Great Learning 1 · Doctrine of the Mean 3
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 22
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 24
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 30
- Analects 5.25
- Analects 6.13
- Analects 14.2
- Analects 16.1
- Analects 16.2
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