Tiếng ViệtTiếng Việt▼
Stroke order
发现 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

- 发 — 5 strokes
- 现 — 8 strokes
Senses
- to notice; to become aware of
- to discover; to find; to detect
- a discovery
Example sentences
- 我发现你很聪明。Wǒ fāxiàn nǐ hěn cōngming.I found you are clever.
- 你发现了什么?Nǐ fāxiàn le shénme?What did you discover?
Related words
发现 is pronounced fāxiàn and means “tìm thấy, khám phá”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 发现 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.