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发家

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Pīnyīn
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to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
发
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *发* | 发* | *发
5画
issue, dispatch, send out; hair
發髮
2340
VIHE
家
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *家* | 家* | *家
10画
house, home, residence; family
傢
3023.2
JMSO

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
发家
to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous
发
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
to send out / to show (one's feeling) / to issue / to develop / to make a bundle of money / classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *发* | 发* | *发
hair / Taiwan pr. [fa3]
 家
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *家* | 家* | *家
 家
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *家* | 家* | *家
home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL: 個|个