发
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to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
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Dict coverage rank #49 U+53D1
How 发 is formed
How to remember it
send out · Heisig RSH #1302
友 friend + chihuahua — as a component also called: courier
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 发 as their sound component
These characters all use 发 (fā) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发 sound component | fā | to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair |
| 废 | fèi | to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate |
| 酦 | pō | to ferment, to brew |
| 袯 | bó | raincoat |
Words containing 发
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大发 | Dà fā | Daihatsu, Japanese car company |
| 一发 | yī fā | (Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (ort… |
| 发水 | fā shuǐ | to flood |
| 发行人 | fā xíng rén | publisher; issuer |
| 头发 | tóu fa | hair (on the head) |
| 发小儿 | fà xiǎo r | erhua variant of 髮小|发小[fa4 xiao3] |
| 自动自发 | zì dòng zì fā | (to act) on one's own initiative |
| 生发 | shēng fā | to emerge and grow; to develop |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl… |
| 一语不发 | yī yǔ bù fā | to not say a word (idiom) |
| 发自 | fā zì | to evolve from |
| 自发 | zì fā | spontaneous |
| 发小 | fà xiǎo | (dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood … |
| 发动机 | fā dòng jī | engine; motor; CL:臺|台[tai2] |
| 发家 | fā jiā | to lay down a family fortune; to get rich; to become prosperous |
| 发白 | fā bái | to turn pale; to lose color; to go white |
| 白发 | bái fà | white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1] |
| 水力发电 | shuǐ lì fā diàn | hydroelectricity |
| 发动 | fā dòng | to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse |
| 发电机 | fā diàn jī | electricity generator; dynamo |