开拓 kāituò▶ abrir; explotar

Stroke order

开拓 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

• 开 — 4 strokes
• 拓 — 8 strokes

Senses

1. to break new ground (for agriculture)
2. to open up (a new seam)
3. to develop (border regions)
4. fig. to open up (new horizons)

Related words

• 开展Desarrollar
• 开支gasto
• 开明iluminado
• 开朗Optimista
• 开辟abrir
• 开采explotar (mina)

开拓 is pronounced kāituò and means “abrir; explotar”. HSK 6 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 开拓 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.