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开发

kāifā

to develop

A worker planting near a foundation
Memory picture

Characters in this word

开 kāi

Strokes
4
Radical
廾 — two hands
Made of
一 one 廾 two hands
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

发 fā

Strokes
5
Radical
又 — and, also, again, in addition

Example phrases

  • 公司开发软件。 Gōng sī kāi fā ruǎn jiàn. The company develops software.
  • 他们开发新城。 Tā men kāi fā xīn chéng. They develop a new city.
  • 开发很重要。 Kāi fā hěn zhòng yào. Development is very important.

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