挥发

Traditional form:

揮發

Pinyin (reading):

huīfā

Definitions:

• to volatilize
• to vaporize
• to evaporate (esp. at ordinary temperatures)
• (in compound words) volatile

Characters:

• 挥 - to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
• 发 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair

Traditional characters:

• 揮 - to direct; to squander; to wave; to wipe away
• 發 - to issue, to dispatch, to send out; hair