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Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
Show the animation Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi, derived from the Arphic PL fonts under the Arphic Public License.
How it used to be written
发
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
生
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Oracle bone script 商 -
Clerical script 東漢 - See all 16 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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“洞里发生了什么？我很好奇。”“我一点也不知道。”
"What's going on in the cave? I'm curious." "I have no idea."
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一场令人难忘的事件发生了。
An unforgettable event occurred.
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万一发生火灾，打碎玻璃并按下红色按钮。
In case of fire, break the glass and push the red button.
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万一发生火灾，按下按钮。
In case of fire, push the button.
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不管发生了什么，我都会克服困难的。
No matter what happens, I will get through the difficulties.
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不要再让这种事发生了！
Don't let that happen again!
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不论发生了什么事，我会永远爱你。
I'll always love you, no matter what happens.
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不论发生什么事，我都会在你身边。
I will stand by you whatever happens.