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Chinese symbol for “display”

发挥
fā huī
Traditional: 發揮
to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for display is 发挥 (fā huī), defined as: to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

发 fā
to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
radical 29 ⼜ · 5 strokes
挥 huī
to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
radical 64 ⼿ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “display”

WordPinyinMeaning
陈列 (陳列)chén lièto display; to exhibit
陈 (陳)chén(bound form) to lay out; to exhibit; to display; (bound form) to narrate; to state; to explain; to tell
展示zhǎn shìto reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit
陈设 (陳設)chén shèto display; to exhibit; to set out; furnishings
罗布 (羅布)luó bùto display; to spread out

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发挥.

WordPinyinMeaning
发展 (發展)fā zhǎndevelopment; growth
发生 (發生)fā shēngto happen; to occur; to take place; to arise (e.g. 发生问题 (fā shēng wèn tí) "a problem arises")
发现 (發現)fā xiànto notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
发布 (發佈)fā bùvariant of 发布 (fā bù)
指挥 (指揮)zhǐ huīto conduct; to command
指挥官 (指揮官)zhǐ huī guāncommander
指挥部 (指揮部)zhǐ huī bùheadquarters; command post

See also: Japanese symbol for “display”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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