HSK 3 · Building & Founding

开发

kāi fā

to develop

Stroke order of 开发

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes 发 · 5 strokes

Memory trick

Opening (开) and sending out (发) a resource: to develop.

Parts: 开 open + 发 emit, start

The characters in 开发

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)
发 fā — to send; to issue (5 strokes)

Example sentence

他们在开发新产品。

They are developing a new product.

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

Words with 发

头发hair 出发to set off 发现to discover; to find 发to send; to issue 发言to make a speech; statement 发明to invent; invention 沙发sofa 理发to get a haircut 发出to send out; to give off 发表to publish 发送to send 发展to develop; development 发达developed 发动to start; to launch 发生to happen 发烧to have a fever

More words: Building & Founding

发动to start; to launch 建to build 建成to complete (building)建立to establish 建设to build; construction 成立to found; to establish 设立to set up 设计to design; design 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch 举办to hold (an event)创造to create 产生to produce; to arise 造成to cause 发生to happen

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