• 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.

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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  • 609th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.03% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 102 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (yu4)to have children • to raise or bring up • to educate

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (yu4)The component is pronounced as 'yuè' (yue4). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

教育 
体育 (體育)

Uncommon

不育 
培育 
孕育 
教育部 
生育 
发育 (發育)
养育 (養育)
体育场 (體育場)
体育馆 (體育館)

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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.