発 = 癶 + 二 + 儿

発 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “issue”. It is built from 癶 (legs), 二 (two) and 儿 (son). It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: issue
Pinyin (Mandarin): fā
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: issue, dispatch, send out, emit, выпуск, отправка, эмиссия, dispatch, send out, emit
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji: 発 discharge

Decomposition

ids

癶 legs
二 two
儿 son

Characters that contain 発

廃 abrogate
溌 pour
醗 to brew for the second time

How to find 発 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “legs” + “two” + “son”. 発 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 発 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.