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
main switch
forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
to be too embarrassed for words (idiom)
to open up
United Nations Development Program
thoracotomy (medicine)
to withdraw
imaginative; to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
to blow one's brain out
youth never returns; treasure your time
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
murky darkness suddenly opens (idiom); a sudden flash of insight and all is clear
every beginning is difficult (idiom)
Lancashire (English county)
Lancaster
to split open
money-hungry; greedy for money
to untie; to undo; to solve (a mystery)
to get out of the way; to step aside
fig. everything becomes clear at once
to move aside; to walk away; to leave
(dialect) to step aside; Get out of the way!
to avoid (sb)
military spending
software development