发现
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 3
发现 (fāxiàn) · to find
发现 (fāxiàn) means “to find; to discover; to notice”. It is written with 2 characters: 发 (to send) + 现 (to appear). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 发现 is built
The characters
发 fā · to send
What 发 is made of
- 又yòu — (once) again
现 xiàn · to appear
What 现 is made of
- 王wáng — king
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 见jiàn — to see
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 儿ér — child
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: To see 见 jade 王; 见 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我发现我的手机不见了。Wǒ fāxiàn wǒ de shǒujī bù jiàn le.I noticed my phone was missing.
你发现了什么？Nǐ fāxiàn le shénme?What did you find?
Questions about 发现
What does 发现 mean?
发现 (fāxiàn) means “to find; to discover; to notice”.
How do you pronounce 发现?
发现 is pronounced fāxiàn.
Which HSK level is 发现?
发现 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 3.
Related words
- 出发chūfāto set off
- 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)
Learn 发现 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 76: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.