FA-1

('fa' in the first tone)

Some 15 standard Chinese characters have a 'fa' pronunciation. Sound-indicating character components are: 伐 (5 occcurences),   发 (3), 去 (3)

发 = to send

The common two-character version is:

发送 = fa(1)song(4) = to send

已发迸 = yi(3)fa(1)song(4) = sent (used on Yahoo and with other email programs)

Abbreviation for:

已经发送 = yi(3)jing(-) fa(1)song(4)

送 = song(4) = to deliver

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开发 = kai(1)fa(1) = to develop

发生 = fa(1)sheng(1) = to happen