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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 发扬

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
发扬 fā yáng - to develop
- to make full use of

List Ranking for: 发扬

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
6 7 21,693 6,026 17,084

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
发 fā- to send out
- to show (one's feeling)
- to issue
- to develop
- to make a bundle of money
- classifier for gunshots (rounds)
发 fà- hair
- Taiwan pr. [fa3]
扬 yáng- abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2zhou1] in Jiangsu
- surname Yang
扬 yáng- to raise
- to hoist
- the action of tossing or winnowing
- scattering (in the wind)
- to flutter
- to propagate
扬 yáng- variant of 揚|扬[yang2]

Other Words Containing 发扬

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
发扬 6 7 21,693 6,026 17,084
发扬光大 - 7 31,206 22,440 22,916