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
Bratislava
Euphrates River
wholesale price
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act)
to award a prize
(of a journalist) to send a dispatch
to sprout; to bud; to shoot
to work energetically for prosperity (of the country)
(of trains etc) to set off (on a journey)
to make an effort; to work hard; to push for sth
launching site; launchpad
in heat
to sweat
rate of occurrence
flourishing; prosperous and developing
pomade
hydroelectricity
in a daze; to daydream
the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art)
first wife
braid
to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas
May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting)
powerful words that shock and awaken
to pay as usual; to issue as approved