伐(fá)

HSK 7-96 strokes

to cut down

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Character information

Pinyin
fá
Meaning
to cut down; to fell; to dispatch an expedition against; to attack; to boast; Taiwan pr. [fa1]
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 伐 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿰亻戈

A person 亻 attacked 戈

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

亻rén戈gē

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How to write 伐 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 伐

Common words using 伐 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

bù步fá伐
HSK 7-9

pace

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fá伐mù木

to cut wood; tree-felling; lumbering

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fá伐kē柯

(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to fol…

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běi北fá伐

the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chia…

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nán南zhēng征běi北fá伐

war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

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kǒu口zhū诛bǐ笔fá伐

to condemn in speech and in writing (idiom)

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dà大zhāng张tà挞fá伐

(idiom) to launch an all-out attack

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bā巴fá伐lì利yà亚

Bavaria

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