开拓 kāituò open up; exploit

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Traditional: 開拓

Stroke order

开拓 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

开拓 — the Chinese character for open up; exploit (kāituò), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开拓 — open up; exploit

开 — 4 strokes
拓 — 8 strokes

Senses

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

Characters in 开拓

开 kāi — to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
拓 tuò — to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

开拓 is pronounced kāituò and means “open up; exploit”.

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