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字HANZI DESK

开发

Traditional: 開發

kāi fā

HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5

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kāi fā · hoi1 faat3 (Jyutping)

  1. to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

开

Meaning
open; initiate, begin, start
Radical
廾
Strokes
4
Components
⿱一廾
Cangjie
MT
Four-corner
1044

发

Meaning
issue, dispatch, send out; hair
Radical
又
Strokes
5
Components
⿸?又
Cangjie
VIHE
Four-corner
2340

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