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Chinese symbol for “occurrence”

发案
fā àn
Traditional: 發案
occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act); to take place; to occur; to advertise freelance work

The closest CC-CEDICT match for occurrence is 发案 (fā àn), defined as: occurrence (refers to time and place esp. of a criminal act); to take place; to occur; to advertise freelance work.

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
案 àn
file, legal case; bench, table
radical 75 ⽊ · 10 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 发案.

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)
方案fāng ànplan; program (for action etc)
案件àn jiàncase; instance
答案dá ànanswer; solution

See also: Japanese symbol for “occurrence”.

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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