VocabularyHSK 3 · core

发

fā

to send

Part of speech · verb

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髮hair of the head

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Examples

我给你发短信。
I'll text you.
请发邮件。
Please send the email.

Collocations

发短信发邮件发消息

Mnemonic

发 fā "send / emit / occur" — traditional 發. Polysemous: send messages, give off, emerge. Note simplified merge with 髮 (fà "hair") — same simplified character, different traditional. Compounds: 发短信 (send SMS), 发邮件 (send email).

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Two traditional forms simplified to 发?