发

See also: 發, 髮, and 犮

发 U+53D1, 发 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53D1 ← 叐 [U+53D0] CJK Unified Ideographs 叒 → [U+53D2]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Traditional	發
Shinjitai	発
Simplified	发

Traditional	髮
Shinjitai	髪
Simplified	发

Han character

发 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+3, 5 strokes, cangjie input 戈女大水 (IVKE), four-corner 2340₇, composition ⿺⿸⿻𠃋丿又丶)

Derived characters

• 𭇜, 𫭨, 拨, 泼, 𩧯, 𭩰, 袯, 䥽, 𫏆, 酦, 废, 𬜧, 𬏦, 𬔹 (Simplified from the component 發 in mainland China)
• 𭇜, 𭘟 (Zhuang characters in mainland China)
• 𦫘, 𧸻 (Vietnamese characters, ⿺色发 and ⿰貝⿱髟发)

Related characters

• 發, 髮 (Traditional forms of 发)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 165, character 27
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 394, character 1
• Unihan data for U+53D1

Chinese

Glyph origin

Simplified from 發 and 髮 in the 1956 Chinese Character Simplification Scheme by the People's Republic of China.

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 发 – see 發 (“to shoot; to launch; to issue; etc.”). (This character, 发, is the simplified form of 發.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 发 – see 髮 (“hair; grass and trees; vegetation; etc.”). (This character, 发, is the simplified form of 髮.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.