Hanja Analyzer
伐

伐 — beol

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
칠[討] 벌
Romanization
beol
English
cut down, subjugate, attack
Mandarin
fá
Japanese on'yomi
バツ, ハツ
Japanese kun'yomi
き.る そむ.く う.つ
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,816 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
人 (9, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+4F10

Parts that make up 伐

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 戈 창 과 자루 긴 창무기와 싸움

How 伐 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 伐 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 戈.

Korean example words with 伐

  • 토벌討伐 Korean gloss: 무력으로 쳐 없앰
  • 동벌東伐 Korean gloss: 동방(東方)을 정벌함
  • 벌목伐木 Korean gloss: 멧갓이나 숲의 나무를 벰
  • 북벌北伐 Korean gloss: 무력으로 북쪽 지방을 치는 일
  • 벌채伐採 Korean gloss: 나무를 베어 내거나 섶을 깎아 냄
  • 살벌殺伐 Korean gloss: 행동이나 분위기가 거칠고 무시무시함
  • 개벌皆伐 Korean gloss: 일정한 부분의 산림을 일시에 또는 단기간에 모두 베어 냄
  • 택벌하다擇伐 Korean gloss: 나무를 골라서 벌채하다
  • 작벌하다斫伐 Korean gloss: 나무를 찍어서 베어 내다
  • 벌초하다伐草 Korean gloss: 무덤의 풀을 베어서 깨끗이 하다
  • 도벌되다盜伐 Korean gloss: 허가 없이 산의 나무가 몰래 베어지다
  • 정벌하다征伐 Korean gloss: 적 또는 죄 있는 무리를 무력으로써 치다

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 伐

  • 伐採ばっさい felling timber; cutting down trees; logging
  • 間伐かんばつ periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
  • 乱伐らんばつ reckless deforestation; overcutting of forests
  • 殺伐さつばつ brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce
  • 征伐せいばつ conquest; subjugation; overcoming
  • 討伐とうばつ subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
  • 伐倒ばっとう felling
  • 伐木ばつぼく felling; logging
  • 盗伐とうばつ secretly felling trees
  • 誅伐ちゅうばつ assailing criminals
  • 輪伐りんばつ logging in order by area
  • 伐るきる to cut down (e.g. trees)

Characters sharing the phonetic 伐

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike. Most of this group are read “벌” in Korean.

Other hanja read “벌”

Other hanja with radical 人

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