启发 qǐfā▶ ดลใจ, บันดาลใจ

Stroke order

启发 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 启 — 7 strokes
• 发 — 5 strokes

Senses

1. to enlighten
2. to explain (a text etc)
3. to stimulate (a mental attitude)
4. enlightenment
5. revelation
6. motivation

Related words

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

启发 is pronounced qǐfā and means “ดลใจ, บันดาลใจ”. You will meet it in HSK 5, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 启发 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.