• 47th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 423 words
  • Component in 3 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical
丿

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

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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)

Uncommon

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)
沙发 (沙發)
激发 (激發)
爆发 (爆發)
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)
研发 (研發)
突发 (突發)
蒸发 (蒸發)
补发 (補發)
越发 (越發)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
颁发 (頒發)
首发 (首發)

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  • 286th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 446 words
  • Component in 120 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. bái (Bai2)surname Bai
2. bái (bai2)white • snowy • pure • bright • empty • blank • plain • clear • to make clear • in vain • gratuitous • free of charge • reactionary • anti-communist • funeral • to stare coldly • to write wrong character • to state • to explain • vernacular • spoken lines in opera

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for bái (bai2)The component is pronounced as 'bái' (bai2). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
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Example Words

Common

明白 
白天 
白羊座 
白色 
表白 

Uncommon

伊丽莎白 (伊麗莎白)
告白 
坦白 
大白天 
大白菜 
太白 
对白 (對白)
旁白 
李白 
清白 
洁白 (潔白)
独白 (獨白)
发白 (發白)
白人 
白吃 
白嫩 
白宫 (白宮)
白搭 
白日 
白日梦 (白日夢)
白昼 (白晝)
白果 
白求恩 
白净 (白淨)
白痴 
白白 
白皙 
白眼 
白粉 
白糖 
白花花 
白茫茫 
白菜 
白血病 
白话 (白話)
白费 (白費)
白酒 
白醋 
白金 
白银 (白銀)
白开水 (白開水)
白雪 
白雪皑皑 (白雪皚皚)
白云 (白雲)
白云区 (白雲區)
白领 (白領)
白头 (白頭)
白头偕老 (白頭偕老)
白头到老 (白頭到老)
白饭 (白飯)
白马王子 (白馬王子)
白发 (白髮)
白鲸 (白鯨)
直白 
空白 
纯白 (純白)
美白 
苍白 (蒼白)
苍白无力 (蒼白無力)
蛋白 
蛋白质 (蛋白質)
长白山 (長白山)
雪白 
黑白 

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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.
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