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激发

Traditional: 激發

jī fā

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

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jī fā · gik1 faat3 (Jyutping)

  1. to arouse
  2. to stimulate
  3. (physics) to excite

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

激

Meaning
arouse, excite, incite; quickly
Radical
氵
Strokes
16
Components
⿰氵敫
Cangjie
EHSK
Four-corner
3814.0

发

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

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