发起

Traditional form:

發起

Pinyin (reading):

fāqǐ

Definitions:

• to originate
• to initiate
• to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
• to start
• to propose sth (for the first time)

Characters:

• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

Traditional characters:

• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up