Today’s #kanji is #発 which is listed under #はつがしら（癶）. 発 used to be written as 發 and in this 弓 is its semantic element and the rest (I can’t bring that up on the computer) is the phonetic element.
Meaning: to shoot, to depart, etc.
Reading: ハツ（ハッ、パツ）、ホツ（ホッ）
発音（ハツオン）: pronunciation, enunciation, articulation
発火（ハッカ）: the production of fire, ignition, combustion
発見（ハッケン）: discovery, revelation
発達（ハッタツ）: development, growth, progress, advance
開発（カイハツ）: development, exploitation, application, enlightenment
活発（カッパツ）（な）: lively, animated, active
出発（シュッパツ）: departure, a start, leaving
発願（ホツガン）: [Buddhism] vow
発作（ホッサ）: [medicine] an attack, seizure
発足（ホッソク/ハッソク）: starting, inauguration
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