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発 た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose 4 32 9 105 はつがしら 会意 Compound Ideographic Two pairs of human legs poking out of a teepee: you know there´ll be a discharge soon, be it sexual, violent (husband returns home with a weapon), or dishonourable (soldier caught molesting a native), or perhaps all of the above.

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ハツ、ホツ ば, わ 開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation発言(はつげん): utterance; speech; proposal発行(はっこう): (1) issue (publications); publishing (2) raising an event (software)発展(はってん): (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling (2) expansion; extension; enlargement (3) playing around; having an active sex life発表(はっぴょう): announcement; publication反発(はんぱつ): (1) to repel; to oppose; to revolt; to react sharply (against) (2) opposition; rebellion; resistance; backlash (3) rally; recovery (e.g. in stock prices); rebound (4) to rally; to recover; to rebound活発(かっぱつ): vigor; vigour; active; lively発生(はっせい): (1) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin (2) ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state発売(はつばい): sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)発足(ほっそく): starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up爆発(ばくはつ): explosion; detonation; eruption発見(はっけん): discovery; detection; finding発想(はっそう): expression (e.g. in music); idea; conception; way of thinking出発(しゅっぱつ): departure発電(はつでん): generation (e.g. power)発(はつ): (1) departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) (2) sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...) (3) engine (4) counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches)発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent)発作(ほっさ): fit; spasm; attack; seizure発達(はったつ): development; growth発病(はつびょう): attack (disease)発明(はつめい): (1) invention (2) intelligent; clever (3) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear発音(はつおん): pronunciation発揮(はっき): exhibition; demonstration; show; display; manifestation始発(しはつ): (1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)発育(はついく): (physical) growth; development再発(さいはつ): return; relapse; reoccurrence発射(はっしゃ): firing; shooting; discharge; catapult; ejaculation (sl)発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle蒸発(じょうはつ): (1) evaporation (2) disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance発芽(はつが): burgeoning発条(ばね): spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring 3 癶: dotted tent radical (no. 105)二: two; two radical (no.2)八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) 癶 5 發 discharge I spent some time in her TEEPEE...just the TWO of us...but I looked between her HUMAN LEGS and I saw a nasty DISCHARGE...so I made my 出発　rather hastily.

Kanji	発
Onyomi	ハツ、ホツ
Kunyomi	た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ
Nanori	ば, わ
English	discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
Examples	開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation 発言(はつげん): utterance; speech; proposal 発行(はっこう): (1) issue (publications); publishing (2) raising an event (software) 発展(はってん): (1) development; growth; advancement; unfurling (2) expansion; extension; enlargement (3) playing around; having an active sex life 発表(はっぴょう): announcement; publication 反発(はんぱつ): (1) to repel; to oppose; to revolt; to react sharply (against) (2) opposition; rebellion; resistance; backlash (3) rally; recovery (e.g. in stock prices); rebound (4) to rally; to recover; to rebound 活発(かっぱつ): vigor; vigour; active; lively 発生(はっせい): (1) outbreak; spring forth; occurrence; incidence; origin (2) ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state 発売(はつばい): sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product) 発足(ほっそく): starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up 爆発(ばくはつ): explosion; detonation; eruption 発見(はっけん): discovery; detection; finding 発想(はっそう): expression (e.g. in music); idea; conception; way of thinking 出発(しゅっぱつ): departure 発電(はつでん): generation (e.g. power) 発(はつ): (1) departure; departing (from ...); departing (at time ...) (2) sending; sent (by ...); sent (at ...) (3) engine (4) counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.; counter for bullets, bombs, etc.; counter for blows (punches) 発掘(はっくつ): (1) excavation; exhumation (2) discovery (e.g. new talent) 発作(ほっさ): fit; spasm; attack; seizure 発達(はったつ): development; growth 発病(はつびょう): attack (disease) 発明(はつめい): (1) invention (2) intelligent; clever (3) being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear 発音(はつおん): pronunciation 発揮(はっき): exhibition; demonstration; show; display; manifestation 始発(しはつ): (1) first departure (of a train, bus, etc.); first train; first bus (2) departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.) 発育(はついく): (physical) growth; development 再発(さいはつ): return; relapse; reoccurrence 発射(はっしゃ): firing; shooting; discharge; catapult; ejaculation (sl) 発車(はっしゃ): departure of a vehicle 蒸発(じょうはつ): (1) evaporation (2) disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance 発芽(はつが): burgeoning 発条(ばね): spring (e.g. coil, leaf); mainspring; power spring
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	32
Components	癶: dotted tent radical (no. 105) 二: two; two radical (no.2) 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12)
Number of Strokes	9
Kanji Radical	癶
Radical Number	105
Radical Strokes	5
Radical Reading	はつがしら
Traditional Form	發
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	discharge
Koohii Story 1	Two pairs of human legs poking out of a teepee: you know there´ll be a discharge soon, be it sexual, violent (husband returns home with a weapon), or dishonourable (soldier caught molesting a native), or perhaps all of the above.
Koohii Story 2	I spent some time in her TEEPEE...just the TWO of us...but I looked between her HUMAN LEGS and I saw a nasty DISCHARGE...so I made my 出発　rather hastily.

E.G I Development Spring Departure Departing Counter Radical