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启发

Traditional: 啟發

qǐ fā

HSK 3.0 · 5HSK 2.0 · 5

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qǐ fā · kai2 faat3 (Jyutping)

  1. to enlighten
  2. to explain (a text etc)
  3. to stimulate (a mental attitude)
  4. enlightenment
  5. revelation
  6. motivation

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

启

Meaning
open; begin, commence; explain
Radical
口
Strokes
7
Components
⿸户口
Cangjie
ISR
Four-corner
3026

发

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

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