漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
発: departure, discharge
Also: publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots
JLPT N49 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
二 and 儿 carry the meaning · 癶 carries meaning and sound
9 strokes
Oracle bone · Shang Bronze · Spring and Autumn Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone, bronze and small seal: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Three readings, and the words that use each
ハツhatsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 発熱はつねつfever, flush
- 発想はっそうidea, conception
- 自発性じはつせいspontaneity, initiative
- 発音するはつおんするpronounce
- 発明するはつめいするinvent
- 出発するしゅっぱつするdepart
- 発見するはっけんするdiscover
- 発達するはったつするdevelop [v.i.]
ホツhotsu · on'yomi
- 発足するほっそくするstart an organization
- 発作ほっさfit, attack, paroxysm
たつtatsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 発つたつdepart
Also read あばく, おこる, つかわす, はなつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
Source: Wiktionary, 發 (rev. 94635923), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Outspread feet (癶) + a bow (弓). The forceful "marching" legs combined with a bow, representing a projectile being launched or a traveler "departing" for a new goal.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ハツ
6 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ホツ
2 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSimplified 发 · traditional 發 · fā
Three different forms: Japanese 発, simplified 发, traditional 發.
- Simplified
- 发 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 發 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin fā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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