• 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.

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)

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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  • 75th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 247 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (qi3)to rise • to raise • to get up • to set out • to start • to appear • to launch • to initiate (action) • to draft • to establish • to get (from a depot or counter) • verb suffix, to start • (before place or time) starting from • classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance • classifier for groups: batch, group

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (qi3)The component is pronounced as '' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

一起 
在一起 
发起 (發起)
起来 (起來)
起床 

Uncommon

了不起 
升起 
对不起 (對不起)
引起 
想起 
拿起 
提起 
早起 
比起 
说起 (說起)
起伏 
起码 (起碼)
起身 
起飞 (起飛)
起点 (起點)

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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.