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fell
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingバツ、ハツ、カ、ボチ
Kun readingき.る、そむ.く、う.つ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. fellRtK
  2. strike
  3. attack
  4. punish
  1. felling timber
  2. cutting down trees
  3. logging
  4. lumbering

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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person (人) · fiesta

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1069

Compound words

伐採ばっさい
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
間伐かんばつ
periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
殺伐さつばつ
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.)
征伐せいばつ
conquest
討伐とうばつ
subjugation (using military force)
伐つうつ
to attack
伐倒ばっとう
felling
伐木ばつぼく
felling
誅伐ちゅうばつ
assailing criminals
南征北伐なんせいほくばつ
attacking in all directions
伐りだすきりだす
to quarry
伐り出すきりだす
to quarry

Stroke Order

6 strokes

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