発

Meaning

Depart, emit · partir, emitir

Readings

• On (音読み): ハツ・ホツ
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 出発（しゅっぱつ）— departure
• 発音（はつおん）— pronunciation
• 発表（はっぴょう）— presentation; announcement

Structure

Radical 癶 (はつがしら · Dotted tent, footsteps) · 9 strokes · school grade 3

Watch out

Sokuon trap: ハツ becomes はっ before k/s/t/h (発見 はっけん, 発車 はっしゃ, 発表 はっぴょう), and any h- reading turns to p- after a sokuon — including 発 itself in 出発 (シュツ + ハツ → しゅっぱつ, the っ comes from 出); 発音 stays はつおん before a vowel. On timetables 東京発 = departing Tokyo, 大阪着 = arriving Osaka.