发动 fādòng▶ Lanzar

Stroke order

发动 is written in 11 strokes across 2 characters.

• 发 — 5 strokes
• 动 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to start
2. to launch
3. to unleash
4. to mobilize
5. to arouse

Related words

• 举动Mover; mudarse
• 冲动impulso
• 动力poder, motivación
• 动员movilización
• 动态dinámico
• 动手Bricolaje

发动 is pronounced fādòng and means “Lanzar”. It belongs to the HSK 6 vocabulary, one of the six bands of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, China’s official Chinese proficiency exam. Recognising 发动 on a page and producing it in conversation are different skills, and only the second holds up when someone is waiting for an answer — so LexiTrail brings it back just as your memory of it starts to fade, not on a fixed weekly rota.