发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发明
fāmíng
to invent; invention
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 他有新发明。 Tā yǒu xīn fāmíng. He has a new invention.
- 谁发明手机。 Shéi fāmíng shǒujī. Who invented the phone.
- 这个发明有用。 Zhège fāmíng yǒuyòng. This invention is useful.
Related words
- 出发 chūfā to set out
- 发 fā to send; to hand out
- 发现 fāxiàn to discover; to find
- 头发 tóufa hair
- 发表 fābiǎo to publish; to express publicly
- 发出 fāchū to give off; to send out
- 发达 fādá developed; advanced
- 发动 fādòng to start; to launch
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech
- 发展 fāzhǎn to develop