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启动

Traditional: 啟動

qǐ dòng

HSK 3.0 · 5

qǐ dòng · kai2 dung6 (Jyutping)

  1. to start (a machine)
  2. (fig.) to set in motion
  3. to launch (an operation)
  4. to activate (a plan)

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Character breakdown

启

Meaning
open; begin, commence; explain
Radical
口
Strokes
7
Components
⿸户口
Cangjie
ISR
Four-corner
3026

动

Meaning
move, happen; movement, action
Radical
力
Strokes
6
Components
⿰云力
Cangjie
MIKS
Four-corner
1472

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