発

See also: 發, 发, and 𤼵

Translingual

Traditional	發
Shinjitai	発
Simplified	发

Etymology

Japanese shinjitai simplified from 發.

Han character

発 (Kangxi radical 105, 癶+4, 9 strokes, cangjie input 弓人一大心 (NOMKP), composition ⿳癶一𢌬 or ⿱癶⿻二儿)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 784, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22662
• Dae Jaweon: page 1193, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): not present, would follow volume 4, page 2760, character 4
• Unihan data for U+767A

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 発 – see 發 (“to shoot; to launch; to issue; etc.”). (This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean 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.

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Japanese

Shinjitai	発
Kyūjitai	發

Kanji

発

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 發)

1. set off, depart
2. start from
3. emit
4. discharge
5. disclose
6. occur

Readings

• Go-on: ほち (hochi); ほつ (hotsu, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: あばく (abaku, 発く); おこる (okoru, 発る); つかわす (tsukawasu, 発わす)^{←つかはす (tukafasu, 発はす, historical)}; たつ (tatsu, 発つ); はなつ (hanatsu, 発つ)
• Nanori: ば (ba); わ (wa)

Compounds

Compounds

• 発(はつ)案(あん) (hatsuan)
• 発(はつ)意(い) (hatsui)
• 発(はつ)育(いく) (hatsuiku)
• 発(はつ)煙(えん) (hatsuen)
• 発(はつ)音(おん) (hatsuon)
• 発(はっ)覚(かく) (hakkaku)
• 発(はっ)揮(き) (hakki)
• 発(はっ)狂(きょう) (hakkyō)
• 発(はっ)見(けん) (hakken)
• 発(はつ)言(げん) (hatsugen)
• 発(はっ)光(こう) (hakkō)
• 発(はっ)行(こう) (hakkō)
• 発(はっ)効(こう) (hakkō)
• 発(はっ)酵(こう) (hakkō)
• 発(はっ)散(さん) (hassan)
• 発(はつ)情(じょう) (hatsujō)
• 発(はっ)信(しん) (hasshin)
• 発(はっ)達(たつ) (hattatsu)
• 発(はっ)展(てん) (hatten)

• 発(はつ)熱(ねつ) (hatsunetsu)
• 発(はっ)破(ぱ) (happa)
• 発(はっ)表(ぴょう) (happyō)
• 発(はっ)憤(ぷん) (happun)
• 発(はつ)明(めい) (hatsumei)
• 発(はつ)令(れい) (hatsurei)
• 発(はつ)露(ろ) (hatsuro)
• 発(ほっ)作(さ) (hossa)
• 発(ほっ)足(そく) (hossoku)
• 発(はっ)句(く) (hakku)
• 発(ほっ)心(しん) (hosshin)
• 発(はっ)疹(しん) (hasshin)
• 一(いち)念(ねん)発(ほっ)起(き) (ichinen hokki)
• 自(じ)発(はつ) (jihatsu)
• 蒸(じょう)発(はつ) (jōhatsu)
• 即(そく)発(はつ) (sokuhatsu, “immediate explosion”)
• 大(だい)発(ほっ)会(かい) (daihokkai)
• 発(はっ)泡(ぽう) (happō)
• 発(はっ)泡(ぽう)酒(しゅ) (happōshu)

Kanji in this term
発
はつ Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
發 (kyūjitai)

Noun

発(はつ) • (hatsu) 

1. departure

Counter

発(はつ) • (-hatsu) 

1. Counter for artillery fire. Round.

   一(いっ)発(ぱつ)の銃(じゅう)弾(だん)

   ippatsu no jūdan

   one round of bullets

2. (by extension) Counter for other things which are "fired".