發

See also: 发 and 発

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	發
Shinjitai	発
Simplified	发

Han character

發 (Kangxi radical 105, 癶+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 弓人弓竹水 (NONHE), four-corner 1224₇, composition ⿱癶𭚧)

Derived characters

• 墢(𫭨), 撥(𫝼/拨), 潑(溌/泼), 橃(𭩰), 襏(袯), 䚨, 蹳(𫏆), 醱(醗/酦), 鏺(䥽), 驋(𩧯), 廢(廃/废), 蕟(𬜧), 癈(㾱/𬏦), 𥳊(𬔹)

Related characters

• 発 (Japanese shinjitai)
• 发 (Simplified Chinese)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 784, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22669
• Dae Jaweon: page 1194, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2761, character 4
• Unihan data for U+767C

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Chinese

trad.		發
simp.		发*
alternative forms		㢭 𤼲 𤼵 彂

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 發
Shang	Spring and Autumn	Warring States		Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Qin slip script	Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (癹) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
發	*pad
癹	*pʰaːd, *baːd

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pad) : semantic 弓 (“bow”) + phonetic 癹 (OC *pʰaːd, *baːd).

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 發

1. to issue

   發電／发电  ―  fādiàn  ―  to generate electricity; to send a telegram

   發佈／发布  ―  fābù  ―  to release

   發微博／发微博  ―  fā Wēibó  ―  to post an update to Weibo

   發推特／发推特  ―  fā Tuītè  ―  to post an update to Twitter; to tweet

   發錯群／发错群  ―  fā cuò qún  ―  to post to the wrong group

   發電子郵件／发电子邮件  ―  fā diànzǐyóujiàn  ―  to send an e-mail

2. to ship; to send; to deliver

   發貨／发货  ―  fāhuò  ―  to ship goods

3. to distribute

   發傳單／发传单  ―  fā chuándān  ―  to distribute leaflets

4. to depart

   始發站／始发站  ―  shǐfāzhàn  ―  station of departure

   發往北京的列車／发往北京的列车  ―  fā wǎng běijīng de lièchē  ―  train leaving for Beijing

5. to become; to get into a certain state; to develop; to manifest

   發燒／发烧  ―  fāshāo  ―  to have a fever

   發狂／发狂  ―  fākuáng  ―  to go mad

   發呆／发呆  ―  fādāi  ―  to be in a daze

6. to become wealthy
7. Classifier for ammunition.
8. (slang) Classifier for ejaculation.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bō (bo¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bō
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bo
    • Wade–Giles: po¹
    • Yale: bwō
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bo
    • Palladius: бо (bo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ⁵⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 發

1. ^† bent; crooked
2. ^† Used in 發發／发发 (bōbō, “numerous; sound of strong wind or fish jumping”).

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Japanese

Shinjitai	発
Kyūjitai	發

Kanji

發

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 発)

1. set off; depart; start from; emit; discharge; disclose; occur

Readings

• Go-on: ほち (hochi); ほつ (hotsu)
• Kan-on: はつ (hatsu)
• Kun: あばく (abaku, 發く); おこる (okoru, 發る); つかわす (tsukawasu, 發わす)^{←つかはす (tukafasu, 發はす, historical)}; たつ (tatsu, 發つ); はなつ (hanatsu, 發つ)
• Nanori: さいかち (saikachi); ば (ba)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
發
はつ Hyōgai
irregular

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Cantonese borrowing? Kan'on reading is probably coincidence”)

Alternative forms

• 𤼵 (common in Japanese tilesets)

Noun

發(ハツ) • (hatsu) 

1. (mahjong) green dragon (tile)

   Hypernym: 三元牌 (sangenpai)

2. (mahjong) a 役 (yaku, “winning hand”) with a triplet or quad of green dragon tiles

   Hypernym: 役牌 (yakuhai, yaku-pai)

Coordinate terms

• 三(さん)元(げん)牌(パイ) (sangenpai, “dragon tiles”): 白(ハク) (haku, “white dragon”), 發(ハツ)/𤼵(ハツ) (hatsu, “green dragon”), 中(チュン) (chun, “red dragon”)

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Korean

Hanja

發 • (bal) (hangeul 발)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 發 (phát, phắt, phết, phút)

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