Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N4

32 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 9

Meaning: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots

Kunyomi: た.つ あば.く おこ.る つか.わす はな.つ

Onyomi: ハツ ホツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: はつがしら

Meaning: footsteps

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

熱(はつねつ)   fever, flush

想(はっそう)   idea, conception

性(じはつせい)   spontaneity, initiative

音する(はつおんする)   pronounce

明する(はつめいする)   invent

する(しゅっぱつする)   depart

見する(はっけんする)   discover

達する(はったつする)   develop [v.i.]

足する(ほっそくする)   start an organization

作(ほっさ)   fit, attack, paroxysm

つ(たつ)   depart

Onyomi Examples

ハツ departure, departing (from ...), departing (at time ...), sending, sent (by ...), sent (at ...), engine, counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc., counter for bullets, bombs, etc., counter for blows (punches)

ハツ green dragon tile, winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles

グウハツ sudden outbreak, accidental, incidental

電源開 デンゲンカイハツ development of electrical power resources

ハツネツ generation of heat, (attack of) fever, pyrexia

ハツギ proposal, suggestion, motion, initiative

Kunyomi Examples

立つ たつ to stand, to rise, to stand up, to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position), to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

暴く あばく to disclose, to divulge, to expose, to open (a grave), to dig out