开掘

Traditional form:

開掘

Pinyin (reading):

kāijué

Definitions:

• to dig; to excavate
• (fig.) to explore (archival materials) and unearth findings

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 掘 - to dig, to excavate

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 掘 - to dig, to excavate