开凿

Traditional form:

開鑿

Pinyin (reading):

kāizáo

Definitions:

• to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 凿 - chisel; to bore, to pierce

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 鑿 - chisel; to bore, to pierce