发生 fāshēng Happen

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Traditional: 發生

Stroke order

发生 is written in 10 strokes across 2 characters.

发生 — the Chinese character for Happen (fāshēng), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 发生 — Happen

发 — 5 strokes
生 — 5 strokes

Characters in 发生

发 fā — to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
生 shēng — to grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Example sentences

昨天发生了一件事。Zuótiān fāshēng le yí jiàn shì.Something happened yesterday.
这里从来没发生过事故。Zhèlǐ cónglái méi fāshēng guo shìgù.No accident has ever happened here.

Related words

发生 is pronounced fāshēng and means “Happen”.

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