The kanji 伐伐 primarily conveys the meaning of cutting down, felling, or attacking something. It implies a forceful action of removal or destruction, often applied to cutting down trees, but also figuratively to actions like attacking or subduing.

・On-yomi (音読み): ⚫︎ *Batsu* (バツ) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ⚫︎ *ki(ru)* (きる) - to cut down, to fell

⚫︎ 伐採 (*Bassai*) Translation: Logging, felling trees. ⚫︎ 征伐 (*Seibatsu*) Translation: Conquest, subjugation, to attack and defeat. ⚫︎ 討伐 (*Toubatsu*) Translation: Subjugation, to attack and defeat (usually of an enemy).

The kanji 伐伐 is a *形声文字* (*keisei moji* - phono-semantic compound), meaning it combines a semantic (meaning) component and a phonetic (sound) component. ⚫︎ The semantic component is the radical *人* (*ninben*, or 人), which means "person." ⚫︎ The phonetic component is *戈* (*ka*), which means "spear." ⚫︎ It is formed by a person（人) using a spear (戈) to cut down or attack something. This formation reflects the core meaning of felling or attacking.