发明

Character by character

• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair
• 明míng8 strokesHSK 1bright, light, brilliant; clear

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 发明. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

  to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

• 发fāHSK 2

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

• 明天míng tiānHSK 1

  tomorrow

• 明白míng baiHSK 1

  clear; obvious; unequivocal; to understand; to realize

• 明显míng xiǎnHSK 3

  clear; distinct; obvious

• 证明zhèng míngHSK 3

  proof; certificate; identification; testimonial; to prove; to testify; to confirm the truth of

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

  development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand

• 说明shuō míngHSK 2

  to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption

• 明星míng xīngHSK 2

  star; celebrity

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 表明biǎo míngHSK 3

  to make clear; to make known; to state clearly; to indicate; known

• 发表fā biǎoHSK 3

  to issue; to publish

• 发挥fā huīHSK 4

  to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)

• 聪明cōng mingHSK 5

  intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing)

• 发出fā chūHSK 3

  to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

• 明确míng quèHSK 3

  clear-cut; definite; explicit; to clarify; to specify; to make definite

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

  to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 发布

• 声明shēng míngHSK 3

  to state; to declare; statement; declaration

• 开发kāi fāHSK 3

  to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

• 发射fā shèHSK 5

  to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

  to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse