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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发 stroke order animation

Words containing 发

Word Meaning
launch pad (for rocket or projectile)
developing; under development; in the pipeline
Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
payday; pay day
to post (an item on a forum)
nonplussed; baffled
to grow apprehensive; to feel terrified
to come up with an idea; inspiration; generation of ideas
to make a determined effort
to be strongly determined to succeed (idiom)
so dedicated as to forget one's meals (idiom)
to be confused; to be at a loss; to feel dizzy
to be full of vigor (idiom)
China’s National Development and Reform body
(Internet) to post an article online; to issue a document
inventions and innovations; to invent and innovate
to darken; to become tarnished
budding
to publish a roll-call of successful candidates
to get angry
fizzy; sparkling (drink)
foaming agent; blowing agent
styrofoam; expanded polystyrene (EPS)
severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)