Chinese symbol for “extract”
开采
kāi cǎi
Traditional: 開採
to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for extract is 开采 (kāi cǎi), defined as: to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “extract”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract; to remove |
| 提炼 (提煉) | tí liàn | to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine |
| 引出 | yǐn chū | to extract; to draw out |
| 摘录 (摘錄) | zhāi lù | to extract; to excerpt |
| 榨取 | zhà qǔ | to extract; to squeeze out (juice etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 开采.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
| 开放 (開放) | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open |
| 召开 (召開) | zhào kāi | to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke |
| 采用 (採用) | cǎi yòng | to adopt; to employ |
| 采取 (採取) | cǎi qǔ | to adopt or carry out (measures, policies, course of action); to take |
See also: Japanese symbol for “extract”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.