Chinese symbol for “elicit”
诱发
yòu fā
Traditional: 誘發
to induce; to cause; to elicit; to trigger
The closest CC-CEDICT match for elicit is 诱发 (yòu fā), defined as: to induce; to cause; to elicit; to trigger.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 诱发.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 诱惑 (誘惑) | yòu huò | to entice; to lure |
| 诱人 (誘人) | yòu rén | attractive; alluring; captivating |
| 引诱 (引誘) | yǐn yòu | to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap) |
| 诱导 (誘導) | yòu dǎo | to induce; to encourage; to provide guidance; (medicine, chemistry) to induce |
| 诱饵 (誘餌) | yòu ěr | bait |
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 发生 (發生) | fā shēng | to 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 xiàn | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect |
See also: Japanese symbol for “elicit”.
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.