kāi

to open; to turn on; to start

Character data

Radical ⾨ (169.4)
Strokes 12
SIMPLIFIED , 𫔭

Definitions

開 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

Words containing 開

Word Meaning
pioneering; groundbreaking
pioneer
to set out (of troops); departure
to excavate; to dig out; to scoop out
to excavate; to dig out
cheat in games; insanely strong or good
to mine; to extract (ore or other resource from a mine)
expenses; expenditures; to spend money
to open; to be open (to the public); to bloom
open system(s)
open network
openness
open source (computing)
open source software (OSS)
open system
open systems interconnection; OSI
to wither and fall
wide open
to extract a square root
open-minded; enlightened; enlightenment
enlightened sovereign
to start showing a movie
beginning of spring; the lunar New Year
Johannes Kepler, German astronomer