Traditional: 發

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Translation

to send out, to emit, to issue; to develop

Stroke order

Stroke order for 发

Examples

Something big happened yesterday.

bāo

I found that my wallet was gone.

duǎn

Please send me a text message.

fēng

Please send this letter out.

duǎn

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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This word is part of lesson 101.