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Kanji Detail for 開 - "open, begin, develop"

開

  • Meaning

    開 means "open, begin, develop."

    1. Open - To make accessible; to unlock.

    2. Begin - To start; to commence.

    3. Develop - To expand; to grow; to progress.

    4. Spread - To extend; to unfold.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    open; unfold; unseal

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    open; initiate, begin, start

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of 閉. To open a door. | To bloom. As in flowers blooming is called 花開. | To excavate. As in 開河 (dig a river), 開礦 (open a mine). | To begin. As in 開創 (found), 開端 (start). | To separate. As in 擘開 (split open). | To spread out. As in 開筵 (set a feast). | To expand. Du Fu's poem says: "How much expansion of borders." | Broad-minded. As in 開朗 (cheerful), 開明 (enlightened). | To release. As in 開釋 (release), 開放 (open up). | To list. As in listing items is called 開單, 開賬. | To depart. As in 開船 (set sail), 開車 (start a vehicle). | Fraction. As in one-fourth is colloquially called 四開. One-eighth is colloquially called 八開. A single sheet of paper is also called 一開. | To remove. As in 開缺, 開去差使 (dismiss from duty) and the like. | To boil. Colloquially boiling water is called 開水.
  • Onyomitip

    kai(かい) かい

  • Kunyomitip

    a.keru(あける) あける

    a.ku(あく) あく

    hada.karu(はだかる) はだかる

    hada.keru(はだける) はだける

    hira.keru(ひらける) ひらける

    hira.ku(ひらく) ひらく

  • Strokestip

    12 strokes

  • Radicaltip

    門 (mon・mongamae・kadogamae)

  • Related Keywords
    open begin start develop spread unlock commence expand progress unfold accessible initiate launch pioneer opportunity advance grow flourish dawn breakthrough

Sentences including 開

  • The door opened.

  • Please open the window.

  • I opened my account with the bank.

  • Are they open on sunday?

  • We started it again right after dinner.

  • Open the door , please.

  • The policeman observed the man open the door.

  • You can tear the box open.

  • Don't leave the door open.

  • Open the door.

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