Radical 又

5 strokes

發

a drop 丶 (22a) + friend 友 (53) = send out 发

She is writing her Christmas cards and puts a drop of perfume on the cards to her special friends before sending them out. / The giant gets a large drop on his as he lives far, far away (and the perfume has to last until the card gets there).

This looks like a “drop” added to a modification of “friend” (Character 53) so we have used the idea of a “special friend” in the story to acknowledge this. Notice the unusual first stroke.

Pronounced fā this character means “to emit, send out, develop”. With the other pronunciation fà (and another traditional form) it also means “hair”.

出发 (114) chūfā set out (on journey)

[发出 (114) fāchū send out, emit]

[发明 (77) fāmíng invent, invention]

发生 (133) fāshēng happen, take place