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
pants fly is down; the barn door is open
Closed Game; Double Queen Pawn Opening (chess)
Fengkai county in Zhaoqing zhào qìng, Guangdong
Fengkai county in Zhaoqing zhào qìng, Guangdong
to make fun of; to seek diversion
running in opposite direction (buses, trains, ferries etc)
rich man's son; young master; (dialect) boss's son
to unfold; to carry out; to launch
expansion plan; development graph
to diverge; to change (the subject); to branch off the road
fig. to display ambidexterity
Cesarean section
to encourage the free airing of views (idiom)
to open up; to spread; to extend
to start from scratch
perturbative expansion (physics)
broad-minded; open-minded
first awakening of love (usually of a girl) (idiom)
to be depressed; cannot figure out; to take things too hard
to not take to heart; to be free of worried thoughts
to accept the situation and move on
to pry open or apart; to spread (sth) open with both hands
to open; to turn on; to switch on
not to mince words; not to beat about the bush