Measure word
- 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
Stroke order
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
These are the forms of 發, the traditional character: 发 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 西晉 - See all 19 forms
Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).
Examples
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他最终发现他弟弟不见了。
He finally realised his brother is missing.
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他突然良心发现。
His conscience suddenly awoke in him.
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他被人发现倒在厨房的地板上，不省人事。
He was discovered unconscious on the floor of the kitchen.
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他静悄悄地走出了房间，谁也没有发现。
He went out of the room without being noticed by anyone.
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你会发现难以满足她。
You'll find it difficult to meet her requirements.
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前几天我发现了一个买水果的好地方。
I found a good place to buy fruit a couple of days ago.
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加利福尼亚发现了金矿。
Gold had been discovered in California.
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在伦敦，警察总是担心在列车或地铁上发现炸弹。
In London, the police are always worried about finding a bomb on the train or subway.