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发

fā

HSK 4 Character Traditional 發

What 发 means

1. to send out
2. to show (one's feeling)
3. to issue
4. to develop
5. to make a bundle of money
6. classifier for gunshots (rounds)

Other readings

发 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fàhair; Taiwan pr. fǎ

Example sentences

• 恭喜发财
  Gōngxǐfācái
  May you have a prosperous new year.
• 这是假发。
  Zhè shì jiǎfà.
  This is a wig.
• 我在发呆。
  Wǒ zài fādāi.
  I'm out of it.
• 灯泡发光。
  Dēngpào fāguāng.
  A light bulb gives light.
• 我发烧了。
  I have a high temperature.
• 你没发烧。
  You have no fever.

Words starting with 发

• 发现fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
• 发展fā zhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop
• 发生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
• 发表fā biǎoto issue; to publish
• 发烧fā shāoto have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever; (fig.) to be fascinated with…
• 发挥fā huīto display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities
• 发言fā yánto make a speech; statement; utterance
• 发达fā dáwell-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand…
• 发明fā míngto invent; an invention
• 发抖fā dǒuto tremble; to shake; to shiver
• 发票fā piàoinvoice; receipt; bill; uniform invoice (abbr. for 统一发票
• 发出fā chūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound)…
• 发愁fā chóuto worry; to fret; to be anxious
• 发布fā bùto release; to issue; to announce
• 发行fā xíngto publish; to issue; to release; to distribute
• 发动fā dòngto start; to launch; to unleash
• 发觉fā juéto become aware; to detect; to realize
• 发誓fā shìto vow; to pledge; to swear
• 发射fā shèto shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch
• 发呆fā dāito stare blankly; to be stunned; to be lost in thought
• 发育fā yùto develop; to mature; growth
• 发财fā cáito get rich
• 发扬fā yángto develop; to make full use of
• 发火fā huǒto catch fire; to ignite; to detonate

Words containing 发

• 头发tóu fahair (on the head)
• 出发chū fāto set off; to start (on a journey)
• 沙发shā fā(loanword) sofa; (net slang) first reply to a forum post
• 理发lǐ fàto get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
• 开发kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
• 启发qǐ fāto enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude)
• 爆发bào fāto break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out
• 散发sàn fāto distribute; to emit; to give off
• 批发pī fāwholesale; bulk trade; distribution
• 激发jī fāto arouse; to stimulate; (physics) to excite
• 颁发bān fāto issue; to promulgate; to award
• 自发zì fāspontaneous
• 揭发jiē fāto expose; to bring to light; to disclose
• 蒸发zhēng fāto evaporate; (fig.) to vanish; to disappear
• 迸发bèng fāto burst forth
• 引发yǐn fāto lead to; to trigger; to initiate
• 长发cháng fàlong hair
• 开发商kāi fā shāngdeveloper (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
• 打发dǎ fato dispatch sb to do sth; to make sb leave; to pass (the time)
• 越发yuè fāincreasingly; more and more; ever more
• 研发yán fāresearch and development; to develop
• 突发tū fāto occur suddenly
• 金发jīn fàblond; blonde; fair-haired
• 白发bái fàwhite or gray hair

Characters that look like 发

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 友yǒufriend
• 皮pískin; peel; rind; outer layer; leather; hide; fur; cover; wrapping; outer covering
• 左zuǒleft; the Left (politics); east
• 灰huīash; dust; lime
• 亥hài12th earthly branch: 9-11 p.m., 10th solar month (7th November-6th December), year of the…
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous

Sounds the same

Read fā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 酦used in 酦酵; Taiwan pr. pò
• 沷to remove evil; to cleanse; to wash away