开发

Character by character

• 开kāi4 strokesHSK 1 traditional 開open; initiate, begin, start
• 发fā5 strokesHSK 2 traditional 發issue, dispatch, send out; hair

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 开发. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 开始kāi shǐHSK 3

  to begin; beginning; to start; initial

• 发现fā xiànHSK 2

  to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery

• 开kāiHSK 1

  to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

• 发生fā shēngHSK 3

  to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out

• 发fāHSK 2

  to send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue; to develop; to make a bundle of money; classifier for gunshots (rounds)

• 离开lí kāiHSK 2

  to depart; to leave

• 开心kāi xīnHSK 2

  to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

• 发展fā zhǎnHSK 3

  development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand

• 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1

  to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

• 头发tóu faHSK 2

  hair (on the head)

• 出发chū fāHSK 2

  to set off; to start (on a journey)

• 发表fā biǎoHSK 3

  to issue; to publish

• 公开gōng kāiHSK 3

  open; overt; public; to make public; to release

• 发挥fā huīHSK 4

  to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme)

• 发出fā chūHSK 3

  to issue (an order, decree etc); to send out; to dispatch; to produce (a sound); to let out (a laugh)

• 开车kāi chēHSK 1

  to drive a car

• 发布fā bùHSK 5

  to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 发布

• 发射fā shèHSK 5

  to shoot (a projectile); to fire (a rocket); to launch; to emit (a particle); to discharge; emanation; emission

• 开放kāi fàngHSK 3

  to bloom; to open; to be open (to the public); to open up (to the outside); to be open-minded; unrestrained by convention; unconstrained in one's sexuality

• 展开zhǎn kāiHSK 3

  to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

• 发动fā dòngHSK 3

  to start; to launch; to unleash; to mobilize; to arouse

• 分开fēn kāiHSK 2

  to separate; to part

• 引发yǐn fāHSK 7

  to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions)

• 爆发bào fāHSK 6

  to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out