发

2 readings · tap one to hear it

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Components 又 ? unknown part

send out · Heisig RSH #1302

友 friend + chihuahua — as a component also called: courier

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
大发	Dà fā	Daihatsu, Japanese car company
一发	yī fā	(Japanese mahjong) to complete one's hand within a single turn after declaring riichi (ort…
发水	fā shuǐ	to flood
发行人	fā xíng rén	publisher; issuer
头发	tóu fa	hair (on the head)
发小儿	fà xiǎo r	erhua variant of 髮小\|发小[fa4 xiao3]
自动自发	zì dòng zì fā	(to act) on one's own initiative
生发	shēng fā	to emerge and grow; to develop
发生	fā shēng	to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題\|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a probl…
一语不发	yī yǔ bù fā	to not say a word (idiom)
发自	fā zì	to evolve from
自发	zì fā	spontaneous
发小	fà xiǎo	(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood …
发动机	fā dòng jī	engine; motor; CL:臺\|台[tai2]
发家	fā jiā	to lay down a family fortune; to get rich; to become prosperous
发白	fā bái	to turn pale; to lose color; to go white
白发	bái fà	white or gray hair; CL:根[gen1]
水力发电	shuǐ lì fā diàn	hydroelectricity
发动	fā dòng	to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
发电机	fā diàn jī	electricity generator; dynamo

These characters use 发 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
发 sound part	fā	to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
废	fèi	to terminate; to discard; to abgrogate
酦	pō	to ferment, to brew
袯	bó	raincoat