Chinese symbol for “requisition”
调发
diào fā
Traditional: 調發
to requisition; to dispatch
The closest CC-CEDICT match for requisition is 调发 (diào fā), defined as: to requisition; to dispatch.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “requisition”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 征调 (徵調) | zhēng diào | to conscript; to second (personnel) |
| 征发 (徵發) | zhēng fā | a punitive expedition; a requisition |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 调发.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 调查 (調查) | diào chá | investigation; inquiry |
| 强调 (強調) | qiáng diào | to emphasize (a statement); to stress |
| 调整 (調整) | tiáo zhěng | to adjust; to revise; to reorganize |
| 协调 (協調) | xié tiáo | to coordinate; to harmonize |
| 调节 (調節) | tiáo jié | to adjust; to regulate |
| 空调 (空調) | kōng tiáo | air conditioning; air conditioner (including units that have a heating mode) |
| 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") |
See also: Japanese symbol for “requisition”.
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.