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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Huat

  • 發send out, issue; expand
  • 发simplified form of 發: send out; expand
Letters
4
Syllables
1
First letter
H
Romanization
Hokkien
Character options
2
  • Chinese characters發发
3

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Huat in their name

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Huat is a syllable in Malaysian Chinese names; its meaning depends on the characters chosen, for example 發、发.

Possible characters for Huat

This spelling is common in Hokkien romanization.

  • 發

    send out, issue; expand

    Hokkien hoat / Mandarin fā

    attested

  • 发

    simplified form of 發: send out; expand

    Hokkien hoat (發) / Mandarin fā

    attested

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Huat

Huat is a syllable used in Malaysian Chinese names. The spelling is typical of Hokkien romanization; it matches the Hokkien reading hoat of 發 (simplified 发), whose senses include to send out and to expand. Characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling include 發、发. The meaning depends on the characters the family chose, so these are options rather than one true meaning.

RomanizationHokkien

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Huat

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 發 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 發 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 发 · mdbg.net · meaning

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