发 (fā) · to send

发 (fā) means “to send”. It is made of 又 and has 5 strokes, and is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).

Break 发 into its parts

What 发 is made of

• 又 yòu — (once) again

发 stroke order

Example sentences

Words with 发

• 出发chūfāto set off
• 发现fāxiànto find
• 头发tóufahair (on the head)
• 发表fābiǎoto publish
• 发出fāchūto send out
• 发达fādádeveloped
• 发动fādòngto start (an engine)
• 发明fāmíngto invent
• 发生fāshēngto happen
• 发送fāsòngto send
• 发言fāyánto speak (at a meeting)
• 发展fāzhǎnto develop
• 开发kāifāto develop
• 理发lǐfàto get a haircut
• 沙发shāfāsofa
• 发挥fāhuīto bring into play
• 发票fāpiàoreceipt
• 发烧fāshāoto have a fever
• 发愁fāchóuto worry
• 发抖fādǒuto tremble
• 启发qǐfāto inspire
• 颁发bānfāto award
• 爆发bàofāto break out
• 迸发bèngfāto burst out
• 发布fābùto release
• 发财fācáito get rich
• 发呆fādāito stare blankly
• 发觉fājuéto notice
• 发射fāshèto launch
• 发誓fāshìto swear
• 发行fāxíngto issue
• 发炎fāyánto become inflamed
• 发扬fāyángto carry on
• 发育fāyùto grow
• 激发jīfāto arouse
• 批发pīfāwholesale
• 散发sànfāto give off
• 蒸发zhēngfāto evaporate
• 自发zìfāspontaneous
• 转发zhuǎnfāto forward

Also built with 又

• 丈zhànggentleman
• 仅jǐnonly
• 劝quànto advise
• 叉chāfork
• 及jíto extend
• 友yǒufriend
• 双shuāngpair
• 反fǎnreverse
• 叔shūuncle
• 取qǔto take
• 受shòuto receive
• 变biànto change

Quick facts

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