Zi:发
发 [fā] (F發) 发射 shoot/emit; 发展 develop; 发现 find; 发生 happen [fà] (F髮) hair (头发 tóufa) [bō] (F發) (象声) 发发
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The simple-form character 发 replaces two different full-form characters: ⑴ 髮 fà ‘hair’; ⑵ 發 fā ‘shoot’.
Compare: ⑴ 发/髮 fà ‘hair’ (tone 4, but neutral tone in 头发 tóufa); ⑵ 发/發 fā ‘shoot’ (tone 1).
Note: The simple form 发 is an abbrev. of ⑴ 髮 fà ‘hair’: in the full-form character 髮, the top component is 髟, and the bottom component is 犮 (discussed below); in the simple form 发 the 1st segment of the 1st stroke is all that remains of the full-form component 髟 (the bottom 丿 stroke of 彡 corresponds to the first segment of 𠃋 in 发).
• The simple-form character 发 fā ‘shoot/emit’ replaces the full-form character ⑴ 髮 fà ‘hair’.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 发/髮 fà ‘hair of the head’ combines 髟 biāo ‘long hair’, and 犮 bá ‘pull’ (phonosemantic): the hair of the head is long enough to grab/pull; formerly also wr. 𩠖, and earlier 𩑛, with 爻 yáo (cf. 駁 bó, 𤕝 bó).
Compare: 拔 bá ‘pull’, formerly wr. 犮 bá.
Note: The modern simple form 发 fā modifies the 犮 bá component of 髮; 发 fā is easily confused with 犮 bá, esp. as a component, cf. 拨 vs. 拔.
• The simple-form character 发 fā ‘shoot/emit’ replaces the full-form character ⑵ 發 fā ‘shoot/emit’.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 发/發 fā ‘shoot/emit’ (射发) combines 弓 gōng ‘bow (archery)’, and 癹 bá ‘trample/pull a crossbow’ (phonosemantic).
Compare: 废/廢 fèi ‘abandoned/ruined house’.
Note: 髮/發 were homophones in Middle Chinese (方伐切); 髮 fà, 發 fā ← MC /pjɑt/ (SBGY).
Compare: 拨/撥 bō ‘poke/prod/pluck’, in which the simple-form component is 发 fā.
Compare: 拔 bá ‘pull’, in which the full-form component is 犮 bá.
►references: Wieger:112h; Karlgren:AD17; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.394.1; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:021.0.09; EDOC:0
►components: ㇒犮
►Cantonese: faat-
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