開

See also 开

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 門 (“door”) + 开 – a pair of hands opening a door: the door is open.

Han character

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

1. open
2. initiate, begin, start

Synonyms

• (open): 闢

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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Cantonese

Hanzi

開 (simplified 开, Yale hoi1)

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Japanese

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

Kanji

開 (grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

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

Related terms

• 開く
• 開ける

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

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

Compounds

• 開OT
• 開心
• 開通
• 開會

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Vietnamese

Han character

開 (khai, khơi, khui)