发挥 fāhuī▶ พัฒนา

Stroke order

发挥 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

• 发 — 5 strokes
• 挥 — 9 strokes

Senses

1. to display
2. to exhibit
3. to bring out implicit or innate qualities
4. to express (a thought or moral)
5. to develop (an idea)
6. to elaborate (on a theme)

Related words

• 挥จำเป็น
• 发愁กังวล, เป็นห่วง
• 发抖สั่น, ตัวสั่น
• 发明การประดิษฐ์, สิ่งประดิษฐ์
• 发票ใบแจ้งหนี้
• 发表ตีพิมพ์, เผยแพร่

发挥 is pronounced fāhuī and means “พัฒนา”. HSK 5 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 发挥 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.