HSK 6 · Verbs

发觉 fājué “to discover” in Chinese

Traditional 發覺

What 发觉 means

  1. to discover
  2. to realise
  3. to notice
  4. to become aware
  5. to detect
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • to perceive

How to say 发觉

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale发fā1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale觉jué2nd tone, rising

发觉 in a sentence

  1. 我发觉说英语很简单。

    Wǒ fājué shuō Yīngyǔ hěn jiǎndān.

    I found that speaking English was easy.

    Sentence #790647 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我发觉男孩儿酣然入睡了。

    Wǒ fājué nánháir hānrán rùshuì le.

    I found the boy fast asleep.

    Sentence #1446795 from Tatoeba

How 发觉 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 发 (fā) drawn as one shape
发fāto send out

发 is a single shape of 5 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 觉 (jué) with each of its parts in a different colour
觉juéto feel
  • ⺍small form of 小 · xiǎoSound part
  • 冖cover · mì
  • 见to see · jiànMeaning part

见 hints at the meaning (to see); ⺍ (xiǎo) hints at the sound. Compare it with jué.

How to write 发觉

发 5 strokes · 觉 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

发觉 (fājué) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 发觉 (fājué). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 发觉

Words with 发

发fā · send out发烧fāshāo · have a fever头发tóufa · hair on the head发现fāxiàn · discover发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development理发lǐfà · to get a haircut出发chūfā · to set off沙发shāfā · sofa发言fāyán · to make a speech

Words with 觉

睡觉shuìjiào · to sleep觉得juéde · to feel感觉gǎnjué · feeling自觉zìjué · conscious嗅觉xiùjué · sense of smell知觉zhījué · perception觉悟juéwù · awareness觉醒juéxǐng · to awaken

More words: Thinking & Talking

断定duàndìng · to conclude督促dūcù · to supervise and urge对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly反驳fǎnbó · to refute反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question发誓fāshì · to swear

FAQs

发觉 (fājué) means “to discover” or “to realise”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fājué: fā with a 1st tone, then jué with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 发觉 is written 發覺. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fajue with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 发觉 from the suggestions. Typing fajue into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
发觉 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.