to send out; to issue; to develop

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 47th character
Radical ⼜ (29.3)
Strokes 5
Index # 339
TRADITIONAL ,

Definitions

发 fā
  1. 1. to send out
  2. 2. to issue
  3. 3. to develop
  4. 4. to show (one's feeling)
  5. 5. to make a bundle of money
  6. 6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发 fà
  1. 1. hair
  2. 2. Taiwan pr.

Stroke order

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Words containing 发

Word Meaning
course of events
the scene of the incident
the time of the incident
Asian Development Bank
Alpha and Omega
to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth
to order sb to start on a journey
fax transmission
to banish to penal servitude
same as 首先发起; initial; arising first
optical transmitter
Center for Global Development (an environmental think tank)
(of a disease) to recur; (of a patient) to suffer a relapse
to reoccur
rediscovery
the Qing order to all men to shave their heads but keep a queue, first ordered in 1646
to shave the head but keep the queue
(to get a) haircut
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga (Tw)
to be promoted and gain wealth (idiom)
improvisation
to be well prepared; good preparation is the key to success
atomic power station
primary progressive aphasia; speech loss
sustainable development