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
Kaesong city in North Korea
Kaesong city in southwest North Korea
to open up a port for trade; to open treaty ports
cashmere (loanword)
pot of boiling water
to open the throttle; to accelerate; to let her rip
to open the sky and divide the earth
before the beginning (of sth)
to start a match; to kick off
to declare at the outset (idiom)
Kaifeng prefecture in Henan
Kaifeng, city in Henan, former Song capital
Kaifeng as the capital of Northern Song dynasty
Kaifeng county in Kaifeng, Henan
chat on the side in a meeting; small meeting
machete
founding master of a monastery; founder; originator
founder
opening ceremony
Kaiping District, Tangshan, Hebei
Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen jiāng mén, Guangdong
to open shop
lit. to draw the bow without shooting the arrow (idiom)
once started, can’t turn back