発見

はっけん

discovery, revelation

Mnemonic

A new star, last night, and somebody in Hackney はっけん with a telescope saw it before anybody else did: はっけん.

Built from

発

depart, emit

Two feet at the top and a bow being loosed underneath. Something setting off, and whatever gets let go.

見

see

目 eye + 儿 legs

Words sharing these kanji

発言 speech 爆発 blast, explosion 発生 occurrence, happening 発する to emit, to radiate 見る to see, to look at 見せる to show 見える be visible 見つける to find 見つめる to stare 見つかる to be found, to be caught 見上げる to look up 意見 opinion

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