noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. sale, offering for sale, release (for sale), launch (product).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
発売 はつばい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

departure, discharge, publish
ハツ ホツ た.つ (3rd, N4)
dotted tent radical (no. 105)
ハツ (Kentei 1)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)
sell
う.る バイ うり (2nd, N4)
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ さむらい お (5th, N1)
a net, net-like, radical 122
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)