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
driver; person driving a vehicle
motorists
to start (a business etc); to set up; to open
open a route or service; open-minded
open-minded
lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)
to clear the way
Kaiyuan, a city in Yunnan, China
Kaiyuan City in Yunnan, China
Kaidu River, Xinjiang
corkage fee
to release (a prisoner)
carated gold (alloy containing stated proportion of gold)
expenses; to pay (expenses); (old) to dismiss (an employee)
(of a pot) to boil
to unlock
to start the harvest
to beat the gong to open a performance
clear the way with much noise
to start drilling
to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
to invite trouble by leaving things unguarded
New Year opening firecrackers; first success
a good beginning