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發

fā

send out

Depicts a hand pulling back an arrow (殳) in a bow (弓). 癶 represents the sound.

Components
癶 sound component

癶  Sound component

bō

  

legs

弓 iconic component

弓  Iconic component

gōng

  

bow

Depicts a bow.

殳 iconic component

殳  Iconic component

shū

  

weapon or tool

Depicts a hand pulling an arrow.

Evolution

發 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
發 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
發 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
發 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
發 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

发 (發) 

fā

issue, dispatch, send out, emit; to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

Most common words with 發
Freq.
Word
Meaning

发生

to happen

发现

to find

发展

growth

发

to send out

开发

to develop

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

撥

Sound component in 3 characters (2 verified)

廢 潑 醱

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.pat

pjot

fā

fly forth, send forth


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 99.7277% of movies

87th most common character in movies

47th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

发

Unicode

U+767C

Shuowen

“發，發也。从弓，癹聲。”


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