发
fāTraditional: 發
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Translation
to send out, to emit, to issue; to develop
Stroke order
发
Examples
。
Something big happened yesterday.
包。
I found that my wallet was gone.
短。
Please send me a text message.
封。
Please send this letter out.
短。
He sent me a text message.
发 (fā) means to send out, to issue, or to develop. It is the leading syllable of 发生 (to happen), 发现 (to discover), and 发展 (to develop).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 发.
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