to start; to open; to initiate

Character data

Radical ⼝ (30.8)
Strokes 11
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

啟 qǐ
  1. 1. to start
  2. 2. to open
  3. 3. to initiate
  4. 4. to enlighten or awaken
  5. 5. to inform
  6. 6. to state
  7. 7. variant of
  8. 8. Qi son of Yu the Great , reported founder of the Xia Dynasty xià cháo (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

Words containing 啟

Word Meaning
not teach until student eager and thinking
obituary (archaic term)
public notice; written announcement
to start (a machine); to launch (an operation)
boot sector (computing)
promoter
to submit a report to the king; to talk to the king
to open sth that has been sealed
Kai Tak Airport, old Hong Kong airport
Introitus (section of Catholic mass)
Venus seen at dawn; male name
(astronomy) Venus
Qidong county level city in Nantong nán tōng, Jiangsu
Qidong county level city in Nantong nán tōng, Jiangsu
Qihai dialect of Wu Chinese
to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature)
to enlighten; to stimulate (a mental attitude)
heuristic
heuristics; heuristic method
to instruct the young; to awake sb from ignorance
to enlighten; lesson; moral (of a story etc)
revelator
the Apocalypse; the Revelation of St John the divine
to set out on a journey
(of a ship) to set sail; (of an aeroplane) to take off
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