Keyword
to expand
- to develop
- to open up
- Frequency
- #1714
- Strokes
- 8
Readings
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Mnemonic
扌 (hand) gives the meaning and 石 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
拓展
to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity
开拓
to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons)
拓宽
to broaden
拓
to expand; to push sth with the hand; to develop; to open up
开拓者
pioneer
拓扑
(math.) (loanword) topology
拓跋
branch of the Xianbei 鲜卑 nomadic people, founders of Wei 北魏 of the Northern Dynasties (386-534); also written 拓拔
拓扑学
(math.) topology
拓荒
to open up land (for agriculture)
拓片
rubbings from a tablet
拓荒者
pioneer; groundbreaker
邓拓
Deng Tuo (1912-1966), sociologist and journalist, died under persecution at the start of the Cultural Revolution; wrote under the pen name Ma Nancun 马南邨
开拓性
pioneering; groundbreaking
拓本
rubbing of inscription
拓印
stone rubbing (to copy an inscription)
开疆拓土
(idiom) to expand one's territory; to conquer new lands; (fig.) to expand one's business into new markets
力拓
Rio Tinto (UK-Australian mining corporation)
落拓
down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventional
拓
to make a rubbing (e.g. of an inscription)