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发生

Traditional: 發生

fā shēng

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fā shēng · faat3 sang1 (Jyutping)

  1. to happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 發生問題|发生问题[fa1 sheng1 wen4 ti2] "a problem arises")

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

生

Meaning
life, living, lifetime; birth
Radical
生
Strokes
5
Components
⿻一土
Cangjie
HQM
Four-corner
2510.0

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