开除 kāichú Expel

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Traditional: 開除

Stroke order

开除 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

开除 — the Chinese character for Expel (kāichú), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 开除 — Expel

开 — 4 strokes
除 — 9 strokes

Senses

to expel (a member of an organization)
to fire (an employee)

Characters in 开除

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
除 chú — to get rid of; to remove; to exclude

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

Related words

开除 is pronounced kāichú and means “Expel”.

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