Chinese Character 發 Meanings and components.

Form

發

Meaning

發 meaning[3] in English

To Send Out.

To Show (One's Feeling).

To Issue.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 發 can be seen as a composition of 3 main shapes where their meanings are Kangxi radical 105, … (癶) , surname Gong (弓) , and surname Shu (殳)

Its radical[1] is: 癶 (bo1) which means: Kangxi Radical 105, Known As 登字頭|登字头[Deng1 Zi4 Tou2], .癶bo1Kangxi radical …

In cangjie it is written with NONHE

How to write 發

To write發fa1to send … you should write a combination of 癶bo1Kangxi radical … , 弓gong1surname Gong 殳shu1surname Shu arranged in a 吕 shape:

癶 + 弓 + 殳 = 發

發 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 發 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 發, looks as follow:

發
Pinyin:fa1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Send Out . To Show (One'S Feeling) . To Issue . To Develop . To Make A Bundle Of Money . Classifier For Gunshots (Rounds)
癶
Pinyin:bo1
Meaning[3]: Kangxi Radical 105, Known As 登字頭|登字头[Deng1 Zi4 Tou2]
弓
Pinyin:gong1
Meaning[3]: Surname Gong
殳
Pinyin:shu1
Meaning[3]: Surname Shu
几
Pinyin:ji3
Meaning[3]: Small Table
又
Pinyin:you4
Meaning[3]: (Once) Again . Also . Both... And... . And Yet . (Used For Emphasis) Anyway

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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