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
software developer
to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place
to avoid; to keep away from; to evade
to resume; to restart; to start afresh
to restart; to reboot
to reopen
to saw
to stagger (times)
lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)
open door policy
to get out of the way
cube root; to extract a cube root
(used with negative) to conclude; (impossible) to end
to start a war; to open hostilities
to start providing food
Khyber province of Pakistan; Northwest Frontier province
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
to create a precedent
to drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step
to quote a price; seller's first offer
Kaiyuan era of the Tang dynasty
at first
eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism)
to draw up (a document)
to thaw; to melt