Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high
JLPT level: N1
1816 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 6
Meaning: fell, strike, attack, punish
Kunyomi: き.る そむ.く う.つ
Onyomi: バツ ハツ カ ボチ
Composition: 亻 戈
Radical: 人
Meaning: man, human
伐木 （バツボク） felling, logging
間伐 （カンバツ） periodic thinning (e.g. forest)
乱伐 （ランバツ） reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests
伐る （きる） to cut down (e.g. trees)
討つ （うつ） to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge