• 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

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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)

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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  • 346th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 106 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xiào (xiao4)laugh • smile • CL:個|个[ge4]

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Example Words

Common

微笑 
搞笑 
笑容 
笑话 (笑話)

Uncommon

偷笑 
傻笑 
冷笑 
可笑 
哈哈大笑 
嘲笑 
大笑 
好笑 
欢笑 (歡笑)
爆笑 
玩笑 
笑声 (笑聲)
笑脸 (笑臉)
笑谈 (笑談)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)

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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.