伐

See also: 代

伐	U+4F10, 伐 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F10

← 伏
[U+4F0F]

CJK Unified Ideographs

休 →
[U+4F11]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order (Taiwan)

Han character

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

Derived characters

𠲎㘺𢬩浌栰䣹𦨷䤦垡茷筏薎閥 (阀) 𰀿 𰁚

References

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

Chinese

simp. and trad.		伐
alternative forms		𪜁 ancient

Glyph origin

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

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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).

Characters in the same phonetic series (伐) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
茷	paːds, bads, *bad
筏	paːd, bad
伐	*bad
閥	*bad
垡	*bad
栰	*bad

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fá, fā

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚˊ, ㄈㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): phat
Eastern Min (BUC): huăk / puăk
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): huah⁷ / huoh⁷
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): hoa̍h / hoa̍t

(Teochew, Peng'im): huag⁸ / huêg⁸
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁸vaq; ⁰va

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fá
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fá
  - Wade–Giles: fa²
  - Yale: fá
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: far
  - Palladius: фа (fa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fā
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fa
  - Wade–Giles: fa¹
  - Yale: fā
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fa
  - Palladius: фа (fa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: fat⁶
  - Yale: faht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fed⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: phat
  - Hakka Romanization System: pad^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: pad⁵
  - Sinological IPA: /pʰat̚²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: huăk / puăk
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ⁵/, /pʰuaʔ⁵/

Note:

huăk - literary;
puăk - vernacular (“to stride; step”).

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huah⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaʔ⁴/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: huoh⁷
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huoʔ²⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoa̍h / hoa̍t
  - Tâi-lô: hua̍h / hua̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoah, hoat
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huaʔ⁴/, /huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huaʔ²⁴/, /huat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huaʔ¹²¹/, /huat̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huaʔ⁴/, /huat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huaʔ⁴/, /huat̚⁴/

Note:

hoa̍h - vernacular (“to step forward; step; classifier for footsteps”);
hoa̍t - literary.

(Teochew)
- Peng'im: huag⁸ / huêg⁸
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hua̍k / hue̍k
- Sinological IPA ^(key): /huak̚⁴/, /huek̚⁴/

Note:

huag8 - Shantou;
huêg8 - Chaozhou.

Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁸vaq; ⁰va
  - MiniDict: vah^入; va
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ⁵vaq; ⁰va
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /vaʔ¹²/, /va/

Note: 0va - yes/no question particle.

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 伐
Mandarin	Beijing	/fa³⁵/
	Harbin	/fa²⁴/
	Tianjin	/fɑ⁴⁵/
	Jinan	/fa⁴²/
	Qingdao	/fa⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/fa⁴²/
	Xi'an	/fa²⁴/
	Xining	/fa²⁴/
	Yinchuan	/fa¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fa⁵³/
	Ürümqi	/fa⁵¹/
	Wuhan	/fa²¹³/
	Chengdu	/fa³¹/
	Guiyang	/fa²¹/
	Kunming	/fa̠³¹/
	Nanjing	/fɑʔ⁵/
	Hefei	/fɐʔ⁵/
Jin	Taiyuan	/faʔ⁵⁴/
	Pingyao	/xuʌʔ⁵³/
	Hohhot	/faʔ⁴³/
Wu	Shanghai	/vaʔ¹/
	Suzhou	/vaʔ³/
	Hangzhou	/vɑʔ²/
	Wenzhou	/ɦo²¹³/
Hui	Shexian	/fa²²/
Hui	Tunxi	/fuːə⁵/
Xiang	Changsha	/fa²⁴/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ɸɒ²⁴/
Gan	Nanchang	/faʔ⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/fat̚⁵/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/fɑt̚⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/fɐt̚²/
	Nanning	/fat̚²²/
	Hong Kong	/fɐt̚²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/huat̚⁵/ /huaʔ⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/pʰuaʔ⁵/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/xua²⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/huak̚⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/fak̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: bjot

Rime
Character	伐
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	月 (68)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	房越切
Baxter	bjot
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/bʉɐt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/bʷiɐt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/biuɐt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/buat̚/
Li Rong	/biuɐt̚/
Wang Li	/bĭwɐt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱi̯wɐt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fá
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faat⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*m-pat/

(Zhengzhang): /*bad/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	伐
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	fá
Middle Chinese	‹ bjot ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pat/
English	cut; strike; attack
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	伐
Reading #	1/1
No.	2859
Phonetic component	伐
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	伐
Old Chinese	/*bad/

Definitions

伐

to kill; to slaughter; to behead
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.
to knock; to strike; to hit
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.
to remove; to eliminate; to take away
to damage; to harm; to endanger
to defeat; to thwart
to criticize; to blame
(Chinese astronomy) the name of three stars in the Three Stars mansion: 42 Orionis, θ2 Orionis and ι Orionis
ridge soil
Alternative form of 閥／阀 (fá, “merit; achievement”)
to brag about (oneself); to flaunt
Alternative form of 瞂 (fá, “shield”)
Alternative form of 罰／罚 (fá, “to punish”)
(Min) to stride; to take a stride; to step forward; to step over
(Min) step; footstep; stride
(Min) Classifier for footsteps: step
(Wu) Alternative form of 𠲎 (⁰va, “final interrogative particle on a yes/no question”)
(Wu) Alternative form of 勿 (“not”)
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
a surname

Usage notes

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

Compounds

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 伐 – see 𠲎 (“final interrogative particle on a yes/no question.”). (This character is a variant form of 𠲎).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 伐 – see 筏 (“raft”). (This character is the second-round simplified form of 筏).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 伐 – see 閥 (“contribution; family status; etc.”). (This character is the second-round simplified and variant form of 閥).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 5

For pronunciation and definitions of 伐 – see 垡. (This character is the second-round simplified form of 垡).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 6

For pronunciation and definitions of 伐 – see 勿 (“do not; don't; not; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 勿).

Japanese

Kanji

伐

(Jōyō kanji)

to attack, to strike, to cut

Readings

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)

Korean

Hanja

伐 (eumhun 칠 벌 (chil beol))

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

Compounds

정벌 (征伐, jeongbeol, “conquest”)

Vietnamese

Han character

伐: Hán Nôm readings: phạt

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