# 発 — Departure

Frequency rank 74 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 知 (Know), less common than 対 (Versus).

- On’yomi: はつ、ほつ
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 癶 Footsteps (Kangxi 105)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 9

Steam blasts from a pot and throws the lid into the air.

In words:

- 発 はつ — departure;beginning;counter for gunshots
- 発音 はつおん — pronunciation
- 発つ たつ — to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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