沙发

Character by character

• 沙shā7 strokesHSK 3sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated
• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair

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

Example sentences

• 就在沙发上。

  Jiù zài shā fā shàng

  It's just there on the sofa.

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• 我坐在沙发上。

  Wǒ zuò zài shā fā shàng

  I'm sitting on the sofa.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 沙发. 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)

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• 发行fā xíngHSK 5

  to publish; to issue (stocks, currency etc); to release; to distribute (a film)

• 发型fà xíngHSK 7

  hairstyle; coiffure; hairdo

• 发明fā míngHSK 3

  to invent; an invention

• 发送fā sòngHSK 3

  to transmit; to dispatch; to issue (an official document or credential)

• 发言fā yánHSK 3

  to make a speech; statement; utterance

• 发作fā zuòHSK 7

  to flare up; to break out

• 发起fā qǐHSK 6

  to originate; to initiate; to launch (an attack, an initiative etc); to start; to propose sth (for the first time)

• 发达fā dáHSK 3

  well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper

• 发觉fā juéHSK 5

  to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive