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字HANZI DESK

发展

Traditional: 發展

fā zhǎn

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fā zhǎn · faat3 zin2 (Jyutping)

  1. development
  2. growth
  3. to develop
  4. to grow
  5. to expand

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

展

Meaning
open, unfold; stretch, extend
Radical
尸
Strokes
10
Components
⿸尸⿻?衣
Cangjie
STV
Four-corner
7723.2

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