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伐
fá
1. to cut down
2. to fell
3. to dispatch an expedition against
4. to attack
5. to boast
6. Taiwan pr. <fā>
Common • Top 7% ✏️ 6 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

伐
fá
cut down, subjugate, attack
HSK 6 6 丶

Compound Words (20)

伐木
fámù
to cut wood
伐柯
fákē
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
北伐
Běifá
the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1928 under Chiang Kai-shek, against the rule of local warlords
征伐
zhēngfá
to go on or send a punitive expedition
采伐
cǎifá
to fell
攻伐
gōngfá
to attack
步伐
bùfá
pace
HSK 6
滥伐
lànfá
to denude
盗伐
dàofá
to unlawfully fell trees
砍伐
kǎnfá
to hew
HSK 6
禁伐
jìnfá
a ban on logging
讨伐
tǎofá
to suppress by armed force
伐木场
fámùchǎng
a logging area
北伐军
běifájūn
the Northern Expeditionary Army
操斧伐柯
cāofǔfákē
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax
滥砍滥伐
lànkǎnlànfá
wanton destruction of forested lands
斯洛伐克
Sīluòfákè
Slovak
伐木工人
fámùgōngrén
lumberjack
武王伐纣
WǔwángfáZhòu
King Wu of Zhou [[周武王<ZhōuWǔwáng>]] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang [[商紂王|商纣王<ShāngZhòuwáng>]]
党同伐异
dǎngtóngfáyì
to be narrowly partisan

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
1,809
Word Frequency Rank
5,893 of 84,292

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