發端

See also: 発端

Chinese

		to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop	end; extremity; item end; extremity; item; port; to hold something level with both hands; to carry; regular
trad. (發端)		發	端
simp. (发端^*)		发	端

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāduān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄚㄉㄨㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faat³ dyun¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāduān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄚㄉㄨㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: faduan
  - Wade–Giles: fa¹-tuan¹
  - Yale: fā-dwān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faduan
  - Palladius: фадуань (faduanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fä⁵⁵ tu̯än⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faat³ dyun¹
  - Yale: faat dyūn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faat⁸ dyn¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fad³ dün¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːt̚³ tyːn⁵⁵/

Verb

發端

to begin (in); to start (from); to originate (from)

Synonyms

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
權輿 / 权舆 (quányú) (literary)
發軔 / 发轫 (fārèn) (literary)
肇始 (zhàoshǐ) (literary)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
萌 (literary, or in compounds)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起手 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
開首 / 开首 (kāishǒu) (Beijing Mandarin)

Noun

發端

beginning; origin
歐洲發端／欧洲发端 ― Ōuzhōu fāduān ― European origin

Synonyms

伊始 (yīshǐ) (literary)
序幕 (xùmù) (figurative)
肇端 (zhàoduān) (literary)
萌 (literary)
起始 (qǐshǐ)
起頭 / 起头 (qǐtóu)
起頭先 / 起头先 (kī-tàu-sĕng) (Eastern Min)
開始 / 开始 (kāishǐ)
開端 / 开端 (kāiduān)
開頭 / 开头 (kāitóu)
首端 (shǒuduān)

Derived terms

發端詞 / 发端词

Japanese

Kanji in this term
發	端
ほつ > ほっ Hyōgai	たん Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

發(ほっ)端(たん) • (hottan)

Kyūjitai form of 発端 (“origin, beginning”)

Korean

Hanja in this term
發	端

Noun

發端 • (baldan) (hangeul 발단)

hanja form^? of 발단 (“beginning; origin”)