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发动

Traditional: 發動

fā dòng

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

fā dòng · faat3 dung6 (Jyutping)

  1. to start
  2. to launch
  3. to unleash
  4. to mobilize
  5. to arouse

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

发

Meaning
issue, dispatch, send out; hair
Radical
又
Strokes
5
Components
⿸?又
Cangjie
VIHE
Four-corner
2340

动

Meaning
move, happen; movement, action
Radical
力
Strokes
6
Components
⿰云力
Cangjie
MIKS
Four-corner
1472

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