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发
髮
fà
1. hair
2. Taiwan pr. <fǎ>
HSK 3 Very Common • Top 0%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

发
fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
HSK 3 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

并发
bìngfā
to be complicated by
假发
jiǎfà
wig
传发
chuánfā
to order sb to start on a journey
充发
chōngfā
to banish to penal servitude
先发
xiānfā
initial
再发
zàifā
to reissue
出发
chūfā
to start out
HSK 4
分发
fēnfā
to distribute
削发
xuēfà
to shave one's head
勃发
bófā
thrive
印发
yìnfā
to publish
告发
gàofā
to lodge an accusation
启发
qǐfā
to enlighten
HSK 5
喷发
pēnfā
to erupt
大发
Dàfā
Daihatsu, Japanese car company
奋发
fènfā
to rouse to vigorous action
寄发
jìfā
to dispatch
延发
yánfā
delayed action
引发
yǐnfā
to lead to
复发
fùfā
to recur (of a disease)

Alternate Entries

发
fā
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
HSK 3

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
46
Word Frequency Rank
110 of 84,292

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