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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): [[{|{]] (door) + [[{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]] – a pair of hands opening a door: the door is open.

[edit] Han character

(radical 169 +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿 (ANMT), four-corner 77441, composition )

  1. open
  2. initiate, begin, start

[edit] Synonyms

[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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(simplified , Yale hoi1)


[edit] Japanese

Ryakuji for 開, based on ryakuji for ; compare also .

[edit] Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Related terms


[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds


[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(khai, khơi, khui)

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