kāi

to open; to turn on; to start

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 94th character
Radical ⼶ (55.1)
Strokes 4
Index # 76
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

开 kāi
  1. 1. to open
  2. 2. to turn on
  3. 3. to start
  4. 4. to operate (a vehicle)
  5. 5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
  6. 6. to boil
  7. 7. carat (gold)
  8. 8. abbr. for Kelvin, kāi ěr wén
  9. 9. abbr. for kāi běn, book format

Stroke order

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Words containing 开

Word Meaning
perturbative expansion (physics)
broad-minded; open-minded
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
not to mince words; not to beat about the bush
to start talking
polling station
(fig.) to raise the curtain; to lift the curtain
(fig.) to take the offensive; to assume a fighting stance
to dig into; to cut a mine into
fig. to analyze minutely from every angle; to chew sth over
to ignore an issue (idiom)
to pry open; to lever open
impossible to disentangle; impossible to separate
to break open
to unscrew; to twist off (a lid); to turn on (a faucet)
to spread out; to unfold
to send (sb) away; to change the subject
to reform and open to the outside world
to have free rein (idiom)
unrestrictedly
to get sth open by tapping or striking it
easy-open can (with ring-pull); TW pull-top can
Kai-Fu Lee, Taiwanese AI expert, ex-Google China
Yang Kaihui (1901-1930), Mao Zedong's second wife
to make something of no value appear valuable (idiom)