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发挥

Traditional: 發揮

fā huī

HSK 3.0 · 4HSK 2.0 · 5

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fā huī · faat3 fai1 (Jyutping)

  1. to display
  2. to exhibit
  3. to bring out implicit or innate qualities
  4. to express (a thought or moral)
  5. to develop (an idea)
  6. to elaborate (on a theme)

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

挥

Meaning
direct; wipe away; squander
Radical
扌
Strokes
9
Components
⿰扌军
Cangjie
QBKQ
Four-corner
5705

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