send

is composed of , (bow) and ., depicts two feet walking outward, while is the variant of . The archetype of is the picture of a hand plucking the string of a bow, its original meaning is shooting or sending out, then is added to emphasize the act of moving forward(while someone thinks that it is an phonetic component) .

Vocabulary of 發

  • 開發 (to exploit)
  • 爆發 (to erupt)
  • 發跡 (to make one’s mark)

Classification

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