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

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Words containing 开

Word Meaning
Kaiping county level city in Jiangmen jiāng mén, Guangdong
pioneering; groundbreaking
to extract a square root
book size; page size
to open a furnace; to start up a furnace
to unlock
zeta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper
one man holds the pass; no army can break through
There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
ratio seventy to thirty
official 70% good, 30% bad view of Mao
unable to understand; can't get the point
Asian Development Bank
to stretch out
arming system
to drive backwards; to reverse a vehicle
keep your thoughts to yourself
octavo
public expenditure
to denounce
open forum
public key (in encryption)
to reopen; to start again
to dissolve into a liquid