• 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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  • 121st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 352 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. míng (Ming2)Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) • surname Ming • Ming (c. 2000 BC), fourth of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
2. míng (ming2)bright • opposite: dark 暗[an4] • (of meaning) clear • to understand • next • public or open • wise • generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

明天 
明星 
明白 

Uncommon

三明治 
不明 
光明 
分明 
天明 
姚明 
文明 
昆明 
明亮 
明信片 
明儿 (明兒)
明天见 (明天見)
明媚 
明年 
明日 
明明 
明智 
明月 
明朗 
明珠 
明知 
明确 (明確)
明显 (明顯)
发明 (發明)
精明 
聪明 (聰明)
声明 (聲明)
表明 
说明 (說明)
证明 (證明)
透明 
阳光明媚 (陽光明媚)
鲜明 (鮮明)
黎明 

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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.