Chinese Character 伐 Meanings and components.

Form

伐

Meaning

伐 meaning[3] in English

To Cut Down.

To Fell.

To Dispatch An Expedition Against.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 伐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and surname Ge (戈)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OI

How to write 伐

To write伐fa2to cut … you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 戈ge1surname Ge arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 戈 = 伐

伐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 伐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 伐, looks as follow:

伐
Pinyin:fa2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Cut Down . To Fell . To Dispatch An Expedition Against . To Attack . To Boast . Taiwan Pr. [Fa1]
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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