The kanji 発: meaning, readings and stroke order

発

Meaning: depart, give off
On reading: ハツ hatsu、ホツ hotsu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 9
Radical: 癶 footsteps
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 發

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: xuất phát, phát ra (phát)
Japanese: でかける。そとへだす。
Korean: 출발하다, 내보내다 (발)
Chinese: 出发、发出 (发)

Readings, words and example sentences

ハツ hatsu · on reading

出しゅっ発ぱつ
leaving, setting off
バスは八時に 出しゅっ発ぱつします。
The bus leaves at eight o'clock.

ホツ hotsu · on reading · less common

発ほっ起き人にん
founder, the one who starts it
会の 発ほっ起き人にんになりました。
I became one of the people who started the club.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.