発 (はつ): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

発 (はつ) means departure / start / counter for gunshots.

See example sentences below.

発 at a glance

発

はつhatsu

N2suffix

departure / start / counter for gunshots

発はつhatsuN2Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

departure / start / counter for gunshots

Example 1

映画の発は午後七時です。

Translation

The movie starts at 7 PM.

Example 2

発の合図で走り出した。

Translation

They started running at the starting signal.