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
to become moldy
to utter; to give voice; sound
first public showing; first issue
more and more; increasingly; all the more
hair clip
to receive and send; to receive and transmit
to ask; to raise a question; to question
spring; coil spring (spiral spring used to power clockwork)
to laugh; to burst out laughing
power plant
to erupt; an eruption
ready and waiting; to get ready (for a journey)
to dye one's hair; tint; rinse
to sell
oestrus (sexual receptivity in female mammals)
to put on weight; to get fat
place of origin; source; birthplace
to gain the initiative by striking first (idiom); to preempt
a wholesale business; distributor
mail room; radio room (i.e. reception and transmission)
shocking; outrageous; make one furious
to germinate
increasingly; all the more
to forward (mail, SMS, packets of data)
starting point; (fig.) basis; motive