Opening interactive tools…
Your dictionary will be ready shortly.
字HANZI DESK

开拓

Traditional: 開拓

kāi tuò

HSK 3.0 · 7–9HSK 2.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

kāi tuò · hoi1 tok3 (Jyutping)

  1. to break new ground (for agriculture)
  2. to open up (a new seam)
  3. to develop (border regions)
  4. fig. to open up (new horizons)

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

拓

Meaning
expand; open up; support or push
Radical
扌
Strokes
8
Components
⿰扌石
Cangjie
QMR
Four-corner
5106.0

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.