发 fā
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
发源
fāyuán
to originate; to rise from
Characters in this word
源 yuán
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 氵 — water
- Made of
- 氵 water 原 source, origin, beginning
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这条河发源于雪山深处，最终流入广阔的平原。 Zhè tiáo hé fāyuán yú xuěshān shēnchù, zuìzhōng liúrù guǎngkuò de píngyuán. This river rises deep in the snowy mountains and eventually flows into the vast plain.
- 长江发源于青藏高原，一路向东流入大海。 Cháng Jiāng fāyuán yú Qīngzàng Gāoyuán, yílù xiàng dōng liúrù dàhǎi. The Yangtze rises on the Tibetan Plateau and flows east all the way to the sea.
- 这条小溪发源于后山的一眼泉水。 Zhè tiáo xiǎoxī fāyuán yú hòushān de yì yǎn quánshuǐ. This little stream rises from a spring on the hill behind.
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
- 发明 fāmíng to invent; invention
- 发生 fāshēng to happen; to occur
- 发送 fāsòng to send
- 发言 fāyán to speak; to make a speech