HSK 3 · Clothing & Accessories

理发

lǐ fà

to get a haircut

Stroke order of 理发

2 characters, 16 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

理 · 11 strokes发 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

理 tidy and 发 hair: tidy up your hair.

Parts: 理 arrange + 发 hair

The characters in 理发

发 fā — to send; to issue (5 strokes)

Example sentence

我今天要去理发。

I'm going to get a haircut today.

Words with 理

经理manager 理想ideal; dream 道理reason; sense 办理to handle; to deal with 理论theory 理由reason; grounds 理解to understand 合理reasonable 处理to handle; to deal with 管理to manage; management 整理to tidy up; to sort out

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 发出to send out; to give off 发表to publish 发送to send 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

More words: Clothing & Accessories

服装clothing 衬衫shirt 衬衣shirt 上衣jacket; top 裤子trousers 短裤shorts 裙子skirt 皮包handbag; briefcase 皮skin; leather 布cloth 线thread; line 双pair; double 领collar; to lead; to receive 挂to hang

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