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
Cape Town (city in South Africa)
to brighten up
happy and carefree
open and vast
Cayman Islands
to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting
invocation
to start the servers (for an online game, typically after the system has been shut down for maintenance, upgrade etc)
cheerful; (of character) optimistic; carefree
book size; page size
open shelves (in self-service store or user access library)
to tee off (golf); to break (snooker)
to open a business; open (for business); to open a practice
celebration on opening a business
to shoot a gun; to open fire
to boot up (a computer); to start an engine
to step forward; to walk
boiled water; boiling water
kettle
Kaijiang county in Dazhou dá zhōu, Sichuan
Kaijiang county in Dazhou dá zhōu, Sichuan
to open a river; to dig a canal; to thaw (of river)
thawing and opening up of frozen river in spring
variant of kāi xiāo
(coll.) to make fun of (sb); to play tricks on