ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
発 means depart, start
癶 footsteps
発Memory trick
Two feet setting off: to depart, to start.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- departure, discharge, publish, emit
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) たつ tatsu
たつ (tatsu) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: あばく abaku, おこる okoru, つかわす tsukawasu
From Chinese (onyomi) ハツ hatsu
ハツ (hatsu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: ホツ hotsu
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Common word
出発 しゅっぱつ · shuppatsu
departure, leaving
Built from
- 癶 footsteps
- 二 two
- 儿 legs
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Quick check
What does 発 mean?
Right: 発 means depart, start.Not quite: 発 means depart, start.In 出発, which reading does 発 use?
Right. 出発 is read しゅっぱつ (shuppatsu): 発 takes ハツ, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ぱつ here.Not quite. 出発 is read しゅっぱつ (shuppatsu): 発 takes ハツ, its reading from Chinese, which becomes ぱつ here.