发端

Traditional form:

發端

Pinyin (reading):

fāduān

Definitions:

• to originate; to initiate
• beginning; origin

Characters:

• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 端 - end, extreme; head; beginning

Traditional characters:

• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair
• 端 - end, extreme; head; beginning