Kanji

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 ボチ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: man, human

Examples

Onyomi Examples

バツボク felling, logging

カンバツ periodic thinning (e.g. forest)

ランバツ reckless deforestation, overcutting of forests

Kunyomi Examples

きる to cut down (e.g. trees)

討つ うつ to attack, to destroy, to defeat, to conquer, to avenge