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発

Kanji 発: meaning "depart, emit", readings, stroke order

The kanji 発 means "depart, emit". On'yomi: ハツ、ホツ; kun'yomi: —. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
depart, emit
On'yomi
ハツホツ
Kun'yomi
—
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
發 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.

Words with 発

  • 出発する しゅっぱつする — departure
  • 発展 はってん — Development
  • 発音 はつおん — Pronunciation
  • 爆発 ばくはつ — explosion, detonation, eruption
  • 発見 はっけん — discovery, detection, finding
  • 発行 はっこう — issue (publications)
  • 発車 はっしゃ — departure of a vehicle
  • 発射 はっしゃ — firing, shooting, discharge
  • 発達 はったつ — development, growth
  • 発表 はっぴょう — announcement; publication; presentation
  • 発明 はつめい — invention
  • 自発的 じはつてき — Spontaneous / voluntary

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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