发现

Character by character

• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair
• 现xiàn8 strokesHSK 1 traditional 現appear, manifest, become visible

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 发现. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 现在xiàn zàiHSK 1

  now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

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

• 出现chū xiànHSK 2

  to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up

• 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)

• 表现biǎo xiànHSK 3

  to show; to show off; to display; to manifest; expression; manifestation; show; display; performance (at work etc); behavior

• 现场xiàn chǎngHSK 3

  the scene (of a crime, accident etc); (on) the spot; (at) the site

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

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

• 实现shí xiànHSK 2

  to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about

• 现实xiàn shíHSK 3

  reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 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)

• 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)

• 现金xiàn jīnHSK 3

  cash

• 现象xiàn xiàngHSK 3

  phenomenon; appearance

• 现代xiàn dàiHSK 3

  modern times; modern age; modern era

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

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

• 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

• 展现zhǎn xiànHSK 5

  to unfold before one's eyes; to emerge; to reveal; to display

• 引发yǐn fāHSK 7

  to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)

• 爆发bào fāHSK 6

  to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out