開

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Han character 1.2.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.1.2 Related terms 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi 5.1.1 Compounds 6 Vietnamese 6.1 Han character

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 門 (“‘door’”) + 开

The door is open.

[edit] Han character

開 (radical 169 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一廿 (ANMT), four-corner 7744₁)

1. open
2. initiate, begin, start

[edit] References

• KangXi: page 1331, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41233
• Dae Jaweon: page 1835, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4286, character 2
• Unihan data for U+958B

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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

開 (simplified 开, Yale hoi1)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

開 (grade 3 kanji)

[edit] Readings

• On: かい (kai)
• Kun: ひらく (開く, hiraku), あく (開く, aku)

[edit] Related terms

• 開く
• 開ける

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

開 (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune-Reischauer kae, Yale kay)

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

開 (simplified 开, pinyin kāi (kai1), Wade-Giles k'ai¹)

[edit] Compounds

• 開OT
• 開心
• 開通
• 開會

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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

開 (khai, khơi, khui)