开拓
kāituò · HSK 7
to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)
🚜 开 open + 拓 expand = open up new ground, develop and enlarge
开 — two hands 廾 + door 门 (open gate)
Originally written 開, showing two hands (廾) lifting the bar (一) off a gate (門) to open it. The simplified form 开 keeps the two-hands element and drops the gate. Core meaning 'to open' extended to 'start, operate, bloom'.