發

fā

to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop

How to write 發, stroke by stroke

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

Pictophonetic: semantic 弓 (bow), phonetic 癶

Made of 癶 + 弓 + 殳

發生fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to break out
發現fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
發誓fā shìto vow; to pledge; to swear
出發chū fāto set off; to start (on a journey)
頭髮tóu fahair (on the head)
發展fā zhǎndevelopment; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand
發射fā shèto shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission
發出fā chūto issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)
發明fā míngto invent; an invention
發表fā biǎoto issue; to publish
發動fā dòngto start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse
發瘋fā fēngto go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind

那件事是在十五年前發生的。
nà jiàn shì shì zài shí wǔ nián qián fā shēng de 。
That event happened 15 years ago.
我在信箱中發現了你的信件。
wǒ zài xìn xiāng zhōng fā xiàn le nǐ de xìn jiàn 。
I found your letter in the mailbox.
不知道是誰發明的呢？
bù zhī dào shì shuí fā míng de ne ？
I wonder who invented it.
我們吃完早餐就出發吧。
wǒ mén chī wán zǎo cān jiù chū fā ba 。
We shall start after breakfast.
火箭發射進入太空。
huǒ jiàn fā shè jìn rù tài kōng 。
The rocket was launched into space.