HSK 3 · Communication & Mail

发送

fā sòng

to send

Stroke order of 发送

2 characters, 14 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

发 · 5 strokes 送 · 9 strokes

Memory trick

发 is firing an arrow, and 送 is a walking 辶 sending off: send it off.

Parts: 发: send out; 送: 辶 + 关, deliver

The characters in 发送

发 fā — to send; to issue (5 strokes)
送 sòng — to give (as a gift); to see off (9 strokes)

Example sentence

我已经发送了邮件。

I have already sent the email.

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 发展to develop; development 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 送

送to give (as a gift); to see off 送到to deliver to 送给to give (as a gift)

More words: Communication & Mail

交流to communicate; exchange 联系to contact; connection 通信to correspond; communication 电子邮件email 邮件mail; email 邮箱mailbox; email box 邮票stamp 信封envelope 消息news; message 传to pass on; to spread 传播to spread; to broadcast 打听to ask about 话题topic of conversation 传说legend; it is said 据说it is said

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