HSK 3 · Change & Development

发展

fā zhǎn

to develop; development

Stroke order of 发展

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

发 · 5 strokes展 · 10 strokes

Memory trick

Letting loose (发) and spreading out (展) lets things grow and develop.

Parts: 发 emit, send out; 展 unfold, spread

The characters in 发展

发 fā — to send; to issue (5 strokes)

Example sentence

这个城市发展得很快。

This city is developing very fast.

Words with 发

头发hair 出发to set off 发现to discover; to find 发to send; to issue 发言to make a speech; statement 发明to invent; invention 沙发sofa 理发to get a haircut 发出to send out; to give off 发表to publish 发送to send 发达developed 发动to start; to launch 开发to develop 发生to happen 发烧to have a fever

Words with 展

进展progress; to make progress 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

More words: Change & Development

变化change; to change 变为to become; to turn into 转变to change; to transform 化to change into; -ize 现代化modernization 发达developed 进步progress; to improve 进展progress; to make progress 进一步further 改进to improve 改造to transform; to rebuild 修改to revise; to modify 调整to adjust 形成to form 成长to grow up 生长to grow

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