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

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 3 trad. 發

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

我给他发了一封邮件。

I sent him an email.

他发烧了。

He has a fever.