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发现fāxiànto discover

Theme
Verbs
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
13
Characters
2

How 发现 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

发 — 5 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
现 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

我发现了一个秘密。

Wǒ fāxiàn le yīgè mìmì.

I discovered a secret.

  • 我wǒI
  • 发现fāxiànto discover
  • 了lecompleted action marker
  • 一yīone
  • 个gègeneral measure word
  • 秘密mì mìsecret

我发现他不在家。

Wǒ fāxiàn tā bù zài jiā.

I found that he was not at home.

  • 我wǒI
  • 发现fāxiànto discover
  • 他tāhe
  • 不bùno
  • 在zàito be at; in
  • 家jiāhome

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 现在xiànzàinow
  • 发烧
  • 头发