Chinese symbol for “unfold”
展开
zhǎn kāi
Traditional: 展開
to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for unfold is 展开 (zhǎn kāi), defined as: to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “unfold”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 演绎 (演繹) | yǎn yì | (of a story etc) to unfold; to play out; to develop (a technique etc) |
| 开展 (開展) | kāi zhǎn | to launch; to develop |
| 舒 | shū | to stretch; to unfold |
| 舒展 | shū zhǎn | to roll out; to extend |
| 摊开 (攤開) | tān kāi | to spread out; to unfold |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 展开.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 发展 (發展) | fā zhǎn | development; growth |
| 开展 (開展) | kāi zhǎn | to launch; to develop |
| 展示 | zhǎn shì | to reveal; to display; to show; to exhibit |
| 扩展 (擴展) | kuò zhǎn | to extend; to expand |
| 进展 (進展) | jìn zhǎn | to make headway; to make progress |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “unfold”.
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.