印发 (yìn fā) — to print and distribute

Definition

verb

to print and distribute

印发。
Zhèng fǔ yìn fā le yí fèn xīn de zhèng cè wén jiàn.
The government printed and distributed a new policy document.
印发。
Gōng sī yìn fā le hěn duō xuān chuán dān gěi kè hù.
The company printed and distributed a lot of flyers to customers.
印发。
Xué xiào měi nián yìn fā yí cì zhāo shēng jiǎn zhāng.
The school prints and distributes enrollment brochures once a year.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

发fāsend out

'印' is print, '发' is send out, so the action combines producing copies and distributing them.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

印 pairs 爪 (hand) with 卩 (kneeling person), showing a hand pressing down on a kneeling person.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 發; 发 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 发 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (爆发, 出发) it is 發; in others (理发, 头发) it is 髮.

The form 發, which 发 stands for in many words, was originally drawn as a bow firing an arrow.