开采 kāicǎi exploit (mine)

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Traditional: 開採

Stroke order

开采 is written in 12 strokes across 2 characters.

开采 — the Chinese character for exploit (mine) (kāicǎi), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开采 — exploit (mine)

开 — 4 strokes
采 — 8 strokes

Senses

to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
to exploit
to mine

Characters in 开采

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
采 cǎi — to pick; to pluck; to collect

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

Related words

开采 is pronounced kāicǎi and means “exploit (mine)”.

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