开张 (kāi zhāng)
to open a business; first transaction of a business day
Character breakdown
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开 (kāi) · 4 strokes
Simplified form of 開. Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (門). The traditional component 門 was removed for simplification.
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张 (Zhāng) · 7 strokes
Simplified form of 張. Phonosemantic compound. 弓 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.