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
Nankai district of Tianjin municipality tiān jīn shì
won't work; be unpopular
to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something
win from the very start; instant success
all smiles
Lancaster
to give preferential treatment; to give special attention
to begin a lecture; to start on a story
more or less open; semiovert
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)
forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to withdraw
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
to open ballot boxes; to count votes
Kaiyuan, county-level city in Yunnan
carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
to burst with joy
to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place
to reopen
to drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step
to open a book; open-book (exam)
to open a law court; to set up a mourning hall
opening speech (at a conference)