伐

Stroke order

Stroke order (Taiwan)

伐 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 人戈 (OI), four-corner 2325₀, composition ⿰亻戈)

• 𠲎 㘺 𢬩 浌 栰 䣹 𦨷 䤦 垡 茷 筏 薎 閥 (阀) 𰀿 𰁚

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 96, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 439
• Dae Jaweon: page 203, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 120, character 8
• Unihan data for U+4F10

Historical forms of the character 伐
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts
Oracle bone script   j19039   j19040   j19041   j19042   j19043   j19044   j19045   j19046   j19047   j19048   j19049   j19050   j19051   j19052   j19053   j19054   j19055   j19056   j19057   j19058   j19059   j19060   j19061   j19062   j19063   j19064   j19065   j19066   j19067   j19068   j19069   j19070   j19071   j19072   j19073   j19074   j19075   j19076   j19077   j19078   j19079   j19080   j19081   j19082   j19083   j19084   j19085   j19086   j19087   j19088   j19089   j19090   j19091   j19092   j19093   j19094   j19095   j19096   j19097   j19098   j19099   j19100   j19101   j19102   j19103   j19104   j19105   j19106   j19107   j19108   j19109   j19110   j19111   j19112   j19113   j19114   j19115   j19116   j19117   j19118   j19119   j19120   j19121   j19122   j19123   j19124   j19125   j19126   j19127   j19128   j19129   j19130   j19131   j19132   j19133   j19134   j19135   j19136   j19137   j19138   j19139   j19140   j19141   j19142   j19143   j19144   j19145   j19146   j19147   j19148   j19149   j19150   j19151   j19152   j19153   j19154   j19155   j19156   j19157   j19158   j19159   j19160   j19161   j19162   j19163   j19164   j19165   j19166   j19167   j19168   j19169   j19170   j19171   j19172   j19173   j19174   j19175   j19176   j19177   j19178   j19179   j19180   j19181   j19182   j19183   j19184   j19185   j19186   j19187   j19188   j19189   j19190   j19191   j19192   j19193   j19194   j19195   j19196   j19197   j19198 Bronze inscriptions   b12384   b12385   b12386   b12387   b12388   b12389   b12390   b12391   b12392   b12393   b12394   b12395   b12396   b12397   b12398   b12399   b12400   b12401   b12402   b12403   b12404   b12405   b12406   b12407   b12408   b12409 Small seal script   s05881 Transcribed ancient scripts   L37798   L37799   L37800   L37801   L37802   L26531   L26532   L26533   L26534   L26535
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

伐

1. to kill; to slaughter; to behead
2. to hack; to fell; to cut down; to hew

   • 坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且漣猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     坎坎伐檀兮，寘之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Kǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]

     Kan-kan go his blows on the sandal trees,
     And he places what he hews on the river's bank,
     Whose waters flow clear and rippling.

3. to knock; to strike; to hit
4. to send troops to suppress; to attack
   • 4th cent. BC, 《竹書紀年》 (Bamboo Annals), s.v. "周宣王" (Xuan King):

     五年... 秋八月，方叔帥師伐荊蠻

     Year 5 [c. 820 BC]... Autumn, Month 8: "Uncle" Fang led a force to slaughter the Jingman.

   • 春，齊師伐我。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     春，齐师伐我。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4^th century BCE

     Chūn, Qí shī fá wǒ. [Pinyin]

     In the spring the Qi troops invaded us.

   • 諸侯相侵伐，暴虐百姓。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     诸侯相侵伐，暴虐百姓。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Zhūhóu xiāng qīnfá, bàonüè bǎixìng. [Pinyin]

     The feudal lords raided one another and were violent and cruel against the common people.

5. to remove; to eliminate; to take away
6. to damage; to harm; to endanger
7. to defeat; to thwart
8. to criticize; to blame
9. (Chinese astronomy) the name of three stars in the Three Stars mansion: 42 Orionis, θ2 Orionis and ι Orionis
10. ridge soil
11. Alternative form of 閥／阀 (fá, “merit; achievement”)
12. to brag about (oneself); to flaunt
13. Alternative form of 瞂 (fá, “shield”)
14. Alternative form of 罰／罚 (fá, “to punish”)
15. (Min) to stride; to take a stride; to step forward; to step over
16. (Min) step; footstep; stride
17. (Min) Classifier for footsteps: step
18. (Wu) Alternative form of 𠲎 (⁰va, “final interrogative particle on a yes/no question”)
19. (Wu) Alternative form of 勿 (“not”)
20. Used in transcription.

    斯洛伐克  ―  Sīluòfákè  ―  Slovakia

    巴伐利亞／巴伐利亚  ―  Bāfálìyà  ―  Bavaria

    威斯特伐利亞／威斯特伐利亚  ―  Wēisītèfálìyà  ―  Westphalia

    呂伐登／吕伐登  ―  Lǚfádēng  ―  Leeuwarden

    皮埃爾·賴伐爾／皮埃尔·赖伐尔  ―  Pí'āi'ěr Làifá'ěr  ―  Pierre Laval

    伐樓拿／伐楼拿  ―  Fálóuná  ―  Varuna

21. a surname

In transcriptions of Buddhist terms, 伐 (MC bjot) is often used to transcribe व (va).

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “伐”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

(Jōyō kanji)

1. to attack, to strike, to cut

• Go-on: ぼち (bochi)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
• Kan’yō-on: ばつ (batsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: うつ (utsu, 伐つ)、きる (kiru, 伐る)、ほこる (hokoru, 伐る)

伐 (eumhun 칠 벌 (chil beol))

1. hanja form^? of 벌 (“to attack, to strike, to cut”)

• 정벌 (征伐, jeongbeol, “conquest”)

伐: Hán Nôm readings: phạt

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