• 47th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.30% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 492 words
  • Component in 4 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (fa1)to send out • to show (one's feeling) • to issue • to develop • classifier for gunshots (rounds)
2. (fa4)hair • Taiwan pr. [fa3]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

出发 (出發)
恭喜发财 (恭喜發財)
发布 (發佈)
发展 (發展)
发现 (發現)
发生 (發生)
发表 (發表)
发起 (發起)
转发 (轉發)
头发 (頭髮)

Uncommon

假发 (假髮)
卷发 (卷髮)
启发 (啟發)
大润发 (大潤發)
引发 (引發)
打发 (打發)
批发 (批發)
散发 (散發)
染发 (染髮)
沙发 (沙發)
洗发水 (洗髮水)
激发 (激發)
爆发 (爆發)
理发 (理髮)
理发师 (理髮師)
理发店 (理髮店)
发布会 (發佈會)
发作 (發作)
发光 (發光)
发冷 (發冷)
发出 (發出)
发动 (發動)
发动机 (發動機)
发呆 (發呆)
发售 (發售)
发射 (發射)
发帖 (發帖)
发怒 (發怒)
发愁 (發愁)
发抖 (發抖)
发掘 (發掘)
发挥 (發揮)
发放 (發放)
发明 (發明)
发条 (發條)
发泄 (發洩)
发火 (發火)
发炎 (發炎)
发热 (發熱)
发烧 (發燒)
发疯 (發瘋)
发痒 (發癢)
发票 (發票)
发福 (發福)
发笑 (發笑)
发红 (發紅)
发给 (發給)
发声 (發聲)
发育 (發育)
发胖 (發胖)
发脾气 (發脾氣)
发自 (發自)
发芽 (發芽)
发行 (發行)
发觉 (發覺)
发言 (發言)
发言人 (發言人)
发誓 (發誓)
发财 (發財)
发货 (發貨)
发车 (發車)
发送 (發送)
发达 (發達)
发酵 (發酵)
发霉 (發霉)
发音 (發音)
发飙 (發飆)
白发 (白髮)
研发 (研發)
秀发 (秀髮)
突发 (突發)
美发 (美髮)
脱发 (脫髮)
蒸发 (蒸發)
补发 (補發)
越发 (越發)
金发 (金髮)
长发 (長髮)
开发 (開發)
开发区 (開發區)
开发商 (開發商)
颁发 (頒發)
首发 (首發)
发型 (髮型)
发型师 (髮型師)

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  • 1199th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 75 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
fireNo glyph availableonelegs
3Graphical
丿丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. shāo (shao1)to burn • to cook • to stew • to bake • to roast • fever

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

燃烧 (燃燒)
烧烤 (燒烤)
发烧 (發燒)

Uncommon

串烧 (串燒)
低烧 (低燒)
叉烧 (叉燒)
火烧 (火燒)
烧伤 (燒傷)
烧掉 (燒掉)
烧水 (燒水)
烧火 (燒火)
烧焦 (燒焦)
烧纸 (燒紙)
烧卖 (燒賣)
烧酒 (燒酒)
烧开 (燒開)
烧饼 (燒餅)
烧香 (燒香)
烧麦 (燒麥)
发烧友 (發燒友)
红烧 (紅燒)
红烧肉 (紅燒肉)
退烧 (退燒)
铁板烧 (鐵板燒)
高烧 (高燒)

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  • 594th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 89 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
𠂇

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yǒu (you3)friend

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yǒu (you3)The component is pronounced as 'yòu' (you4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

好友 
朋友 

Uncommon

交友 
友情 
友谊 (友誼)
女友 
女朋友 
小朋友 
男友 
男朋友 
网友 (網友)
亲朋好友 (親朋好友)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.