发
Meaning
- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
Example sentence
这是假发。
This is a wig.
The character 发
发 is fā for sending out — 发现 to discover, 发生 to happen, 出发 to set off — and fà for the hair on your head, 头发. Simplification merged two separate characters into this one shape.
Words containing 发
- 出发 chū fā to set off
- 发现 fā xiàn to notice; to become aware of
- 头发 tóu fa hair (on the head)
- 发表 fā biǎo to issue
- 发出 fā chū to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch
- 发达 fā dá well-developed; flourishing
- 发动 fā dòng to start
- 发明 fā míng to invent
- 发生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
- 发送 fā sòng to transmit
- 发言 fā yán to make a speech
- 发展 fā zhǎn development
- 开发 kāi fā to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
- 理发 lǐ fà to get a haircut; to have one's hair done
- 沙发 shā fā (loanword) sofa
- 发挥 fā huī to display
- 发票 fā piào invoice; receipt; bill
- 发烧 fā shāo to have a high temperature (from illness); to have a fever