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Kanji Detail for 發 - "release, depart, grow, open, reveal"
發
- Meaning
發 means "release, depart, grow, open, reveal."
Release - To shoot an arrow; to fire a bullet.
Depart - To set out; to leave.
Grow - To extend; to develop.
Open - To unfold; to unlock.
Reveal - To expose; to make clear.
Arise - To begin; to occur.
Send - To dispatch.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
departure; publish; emit; start from; disclose
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
issue, dispatch, send out, emit
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
When an archer draws the bow and shoots the arrow, making it leap forth. By extension, it means the mechanism activating and moving out swiftly without delay. Also means beginning from inside to outside. | Same as to rise. (Mencius) "Shun rose from the fields." Like colloquially saying to rise in the world and prosper. Colloquially, all prosperity is called 發. | To flourish. Such as saying 發育 (develop), 發達 (thrive). | To open. Whatever is hidden inside and then appears outside is all called 發. Such as 發見 (discover), 發明 (invent), 告發 (report), 舉發 (expose) and such. All are examples. | To set off. Colloquially called 啓程 (depart). Such as saying 朝發夕至 (departing in the morning and arriving at night). | To distribute. Such as 發帑 (disburse from treasury), 發餉 (distribute pay) and such. | To release. Such as saying 發揮 (bring into play). Meaning to fully express one's stored knowledge. Flowers blooming is also called 發. | The opposite of collecting. Storing inside is called 收. Distributing outside is called 發. Hence the saying 能發能收 (able to release and collect). Or 一發難收 (once released, hard to collect). Documents being promulgated, orders being transmitted, are all called 發. | Emotions stirring inside and cannot be suppressed. Such as saying 奮發 (be aroused), 發憤 (be indignant). Also, illness occurring is called 發. | To dig up earth. Such as 發掘 (excavate) and such. 駿發. Seen in (Book of Odes). Today borrowed for the meaning of prosperity.
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