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
开拓
kāituò
to open up; to pioneer; to expand
Characters in this word
拓 tuò
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 扌 — hand
- Made of
- 扌 hand 石 stone, rock, mineral
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这家公司试图开拓东南亚市场，但首先要适应当地法规和消费习惯。 Zhè jiā gōngsī shìtú kāituò Dōngnányà shìchǎng, dàn shǒuxiān yào shìyìng dāngdì fǎguī hé xiāofèi xíguàn. This company is trying to expand into the Southeast Asian market, but first it must adapt to local regulations and consumer habits.
- 年轻人应该敢于开拓新的领域。 Niánqīng rén yīnggāi gǎnyú kāituò xīn de lǐngyù. Young people should dare to open up new fields.
- 这位老师一直在努力开拓学生的视野。 Zhè wèi lǎoshī yìzhí zài nǔlì kāituò xuésheng de shìyě. This teacher has always worked hard to broaden her students' horizons.
Related words
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 开机 kāijī to turn on a device
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 开学 kāixué to start school
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open