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發
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
发
🇨🇳
発
🇯🇵

send out

HSK 10 N3
Human →Actions
fā
ハツ、ホツ
た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ
발
Depicts a hand pulling back an arrow (殳) in a bow (弓). 癶 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (發)
癶 legs+ 弓 bow+ 殳 weapon or tool =
發 send out
癶 Phonetic component
bō legs
View phonetic series →
弓 Iconic component
gōng bow
Depicts a bow.
殳 Iconic component
shū weapon or tool
name of old weapon
Depicts a hand pulling an arrow.
Japanese (発)
癶 legs =
発 send out
癶
癶
legs
Notes
Similar Characters
登 ascend引 draw隽 outstanding (simp)雋 talented (trad)弘 noble穹 high and vast芎 a kind of herb躬 stoop弛 loosen张 extend (simp)弥 full (simp)弦 bowstring弧 arc弩 cross-bow弪 circular (simp)弮 a crossbow which弯 curve (simp)弳 circular measure (trad)張 stretch (trad/jp)強 strong (trad/jp)
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Bronze
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Clerical
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
发
Regular
Modern
Chinese
发 / 發 [fā]
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
Japanese
発 はつ 同音

n-suf

  1. departure; departing from ...; leaving at (e.g. 8:30)
  2. sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; datelined ...

counter

  1. counter for engines (on an aircraft)
  2. counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches); counter for jokes, puns, etc.; counter for ideas, thoughts or guesses
  3. vulgar counter for ejaculations or sexual intercourse
発 、 發 、 𤼵 ハツ 同音

noun

  1. mahjong abbrev. green dragon tile
  2. mahjong winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
６時発のニューヨーク行きの列車に乗りたいのです。
I want to catch the six o'clock train to New York.
彼は３発撃った。
He fired three shots.
Japanese Names
発 あきら
Akira unclassified name
発 のぶ
Nobu given name
発 はつ
Hatsu surname
発 はり
Hari surname
発 ばら
Bara unclassified name
発 ひらき
Hiraki surname
発 ひらく
Hiraku given name
發 さいかち
Saikachi unclassified name
發 はつ
Hatsu surname
CHINESE WORDS (200)
发生 [fā​shēng] #184
to happen
发现 [fā​xiàn] #207
to find
发展 [fā​zhǎn] #1,646
development
开发 [kāi​fā] #5,579
to exploit (a resource)
发誓 [fā​shì] #874
to vow
发表 [fā​biǎo] #2,703
to issue
出发 [chū​fā] #1,165
to set off
发挥 [fā​huī] #2,878
to display
转发 [zhuǎn​fā] #21,107
to transmit
发出 [fā​chū] #2,384
to issue (an order, decree etc)
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 発見 [はっけん] #1,083
discovery
⭐ 発言 [はつげん] #1,746
statement
⭐ 爆発 [ばくはつ] #1,777
explosion
⭐ 発生 [はっせい] #1,795
occurrence
⭐ 発する [はっする] #1,933
to let out
⭐ 出発 [しゅっぱつ] #2,163
departure
⭐ 発表 [はっぴょう] #2,238
announcement
⭐ 発 [はつ] #2,381
departure
⭐ 発揮 [はっき] #2,541
show (of power, ability, etc.)
⭐ 開発 [かいはつ] #2,550
development
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KOREAN WORDS (65)
발사 #1,998
firing; launch; setting off
출발 #3,595
departure; leaving
발생 #6,169
occurrence; outbreak
발작 #6,424
seizure
폭발 #6,842
outburst
발표 #11,597
announcement; presentation; release; roll out
시발 #17,128
departure
개발 #24,738
development; exploitation
발음 #27,360
pronunciation
발전 #32,842
development; advancement
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