发 (髮) fà

1. fà noun hair
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 髮; as in hair on the head (Guoyu '髮' n 1; Unihan '髮')
2. fā verb to send out; to issue; to emit; to radiate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发出 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 1; Han Dian '发' 4)
3. fā measure word round
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Quantity
   Notes: Traditional: 發; used for bullets and artillery shells (Guoyu '發' n)
4. fā verb to hand over; to deliver; to offer
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 送出 or 付出 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 8)
5. fā verb to express; to show; to be manifest
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 显现 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 7; Han Dian '发' 30)
6. fā verb to start out; to set off
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 起程; as in 出发 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 5)
7. fā verb to open
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; 发 is synonymous with 拨 or 开 in this sense. Etymology (Shuo Wen: 發，撥也，撥使開也。(Guoyu '發' v 3; Han Dian '发' 6)
8. fā verb to requisition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 征发 or 征调 (Han Dian '发' 8)
9. fā verb to occur
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发生 (Han Dian '发' 10)
10. fā verb to declare; to proclaim; to utter
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; as in 发布 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 12)
11. fā verb to express; to give vent
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; to an emotion; in the sense of 抒发 or 发泄 (Han Dian '发' 14)
12. fā verb to excavate
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 挖掘 (Han Dian '发' 18)
13. fā verb to develop; to cultivate; to grow; to bloom; to flower
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 生長 or 生長、產生 (Guoyu '發' v 2)
14. fā verb to get rich
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Wealth
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 发财 (Han Dian '发' 24)
15. fā verb to rise; to expand; to inflate; to swell
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 兴起 (Giles 1892 '發'; Guoyu '發' v 4)
16. fā verb to sell
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 卖出 (Han Dian '发' 26)
17. fā verb to shoot with a bow
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發 (Giles 1892 '發'; Han Dian '发' 1)
18. fā verb to rise in revolt
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 发难 (Han Dian '发' 34)
19. fā verb to propose; to put forward; to suggest; to initiate
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 提出 (Han Dian '发' 35)
20. fā verb to enlighten; to inspire
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 启发 (Guoyu '發' v 6)
21. fā verb to publicize; to make known; to show off; to spread
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 传扬 (Han Dian '发' 38)
22. fā verb to ignite; to set on fire
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 点燃 (Han Dian '发' 41)
23. fā verb to sing; to play
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Music
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 歌唱 or 表演 (Han Dian '发' 45)
24. fā verb to feel; to sense
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 感到 (Han Dian '发' 46)
25. fā verb to act; to do
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 發; in the sense of 行动 (Han Dian '发' 47)
26. fà noun grass and moss
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 髮; especially growing on mountains (Guoyu '髮' n 2)
27. fà proper noun Fa
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names
    Notes: Traditional: 髮; especially growing on mountains (Guoyu '髮' n 2)

Contained in

• 发型设计师(髮型設計師) hairstylist
• 发财车(發財車) mini truck; Kei truck
• 愈发(愈發) all the more; increasingly
• 发明耳目(發明耳目) sharpens sight and hearing
• 发改委(發改委) Development and Reform Committee
• 发音体(發音體) sound producing object (soundboard, vibrating string, membrane etc)
• 发达国家(發達國家) developed nation
• 发射星云(發射星雲) radiant nebula
• 签发(簽發) to sign and issue
• 充发(充發) to banish to penal servitude
• 补发(補發) to supply again (sth lost); to reissue; to pay retroactively
• 理发匠(理髮匠) a hair stylist
• 发行额(發行額) (periodical) circulation
• 发颤(發顫) to shiver
• 发光强度(發光強度) luminous intensity
• 发小(髮小) close childhood friend whom one grew up with; a couple who grew up as childhood friends
• 染发剂(染髮劑) hair dye; rinse; tint
• 发蔫(發蔫) to wilt; to droop; to appear listless
• 逗人发笑(逗人發笑) to make people laugh
• 发电(發電) to generate electricity ; to send a telegram
• 发展中(發展中) developing; under development; in the pipeline
• 连发(連發) to fire (a weapon) in rapid succession
• 发光度(發光度) luminance
• 发酒疯(發酒瘋) to get wildly drunk
• 迸发(迸發) to burst forth
• 发热伴血小板减少综合征(發熱伴血小板減少綜合徵) severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
• 令人发指(令人髮指) to make one's hair stand up in anger; to raise people's hackles
• 发行人(發行人) publisher; issuer
• 发冷(發冷) to feel a chill (as an emotional response); to feel cold (as a clinical symptom)
• 批发价目(批發價目) wholesale price
• 发祥(發祥) to give rise to; to emanate from
• 脱发(脫髮) baldness; to lose hair or feathers; to molt; depilation
• 沙发床(沙發床) sofa bed; sleeper sofa
• 抄发(抄發) to send a duplicate of a document
• 发疹(發疹) to develop a rash
• 精神焕发(精神煥發) in high spirits; glowing with health and vigor
• 发神经(發神經) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged
• 传真发送(傳真發送) fax transmission
• 挥发油(揮發油) a volatile oil
• 理发师(理髮師) barber
• 洗发皂(洗髮皂) shampoo
• 发飙(發飆) to flip out; to act out violently
• 发型师(髮型師) a hair stylist
• 剃发(剃髮) to shave the hair
• 发髻(髮髻) hair worn in a bun or coil
• 发奋有为(發奮有為) to prove one's worth through firm resolve
• 发稿(發稿) (of a publisher) to send a manuscript off to the printer; (of a journalist) to send a dispatch
• 百发百中(百發百中) a hundred shots, a hundred hits; execute a task with great precision
• 束发(束髮) a topknot; to bind one's hair in a topknot
• 发姦擿伏(發姦擿伏) to expose a villian, revealing their secret plots

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• 《髟部》 Biāo Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 22
• 卷五十四 列傳第四十八 諸夷 Volume 54: Various Barbarians Book of Liang 梁書 — count: 18
• 《奔喪》 Rules on Hurrying to the Mourning Rites The Book of Rites 禮記 — count: 14
• 內儲說下六微第三十一 Chapter 31: A Collection of Sayings II Han Feizi 韓非子 — count: 11
• 卷一百九十八 列傳第一百四十八: 西戎 Volume 198 Biographies 148: Western Regions Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 10
• 卷十 帝紀第十 帝 恭帝 Volume 10 Annals 10: Emperor An; Emperor Gong Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷一百二十五 載記第二十五 乞伏國仁 乞伏乾歸 乞伏熾磐 馮跋 Volume 125 Records 25: Qifu Guoren; Qifu Gangui; Qifu Chipan; Feng Ba Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
• 卷三十三 Scroll 33 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷99 私署凉州牧張實 鮮卑乞伏國仁 鮮卑秃發烏孤 私署凉王李暠 盧水胡沮渠蒙遜 Volume 99: Governor Mu Zhangshi of Liangzhou, Qifu Guoren of the Xianbei, Tufa Wugu of the Xianbei, Governor Liangwang Ligao, Juqu Mengxun of the Lushui People Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 8

Collocations

• 括发 (括髮) 袒括髮 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 24
• 发袒 (髮袒) 括髮袒 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《奔喪》 Rules on Hurrying to the Mourning Rites — count: 9
• 公子发 (公子髮) 鄭伯使公子發來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 7
• 发发 (髮髮) 鱣鮪發發 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 6
• 毋发 (毋髮) 毋發我笱 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 4
• 发命 (髮命) 遂發命 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 僖公 Lord Xi — count: 4
• 明发 (明髮) 明發不寐 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小宛 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Wan — count: 3
• 发来 (髮來) 鄭伯使公子發來聘 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3
• 未发 (未髮) 禁於未發之謂豫 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《學記》 Record on the Subject of Education — count: 3
• 三发 (三髮) 三發 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 哀公 Lord Ai — count: 2