HSK 3 · Building & Founding

开放

kāi fàng

to open; open

Stroke order of 开放

2 characters, 12 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

开 · 4 strokes 放 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

Open (开) and let go (放): open to all.

Parts: 开 open + 放 release (方 + 攵)

The characters in 开放

开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)
放 fàng — to put; to place (8 strokes)

Example sentence

图书馆现在开放。

The library is open now.

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 开发to develop 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

Words with 放

放学to finish school 放假to have a holiday 放to put; to place 放心to be at ease; to relax 放下to put down 放到to put into 播放to broadcast; to play

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 开发to develop 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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