开 Stroke Order
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Information of 开
Pinyin
kāi
Radical
廾
Strokes
4 strokes
Usage
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Definition
open / operate (vehicle) / start
开
kāi
[动]
【本义】: 开门
【造字法】: 会意。小篆字形，两边是两扇门，中间一横是门闩，下面是一双手，表示两手打开门闩之意。
【义】
1. 启，张，把关闭的东西打开: (open the door) ～启。～化。～诚布公。
2. 分割: (split) 对～。三十二～本。
3. 通，使通: (make accessible) ～导。～窍。
4. 使显露出来: (make visible) ～采（挖掘矿物）。～发。
5. 扩大、发展: (expand, develop) ～扩。～拓。
6. 发动或操纵: (mobilize or manipulate) ～动。～车。
7. 起始: (begin) ～始。～宗明义。
8. 设置、建立: (set up, establish) ～创。～国。～设。
9. 列举，写出: (list, write out) ～单子。～发票。
10. 支付: (pay) ～销。～支。
11. 沸腾，滚: (boil, bubble) ～水。
12. 举行: (hold) ～运动会。
13. 放在动词后面，表示效果: (indicate result when placed after a verb) 躲～。
【再义】
1. 同本义: (same meaning) [En.] open the door
2. 打开，开启: (open) [En.] open
3. 引申为开放;舒放: (come into bloom; unfold) [En.] come into bloom; unfold
4. 创立，建立，开创，设立: (set up; found) [En.] set up; found
5. 摆开: (put; set up; place) [En.] put; set up; place
6. 开掘;开通: (dredge) [En.] dredge
7. 教导，启发: (instruct; inspire) [En.] instruct; inspire
8. 开拓，扩展: (open up; initiate) [En.] open up; initiate
9. 开始，开端: (begin; start) [En.] begin; start
10. 戏剧开场角色的说白: (soliloquy speak) [En.] soliloquy speak
11. 释放;赦免: (release) [En.] release
12. 解除，免去: (remove; get rid of) [En.] remove; get rid of
13. 分离，分开: (separate) [En.] separate
14. 起刺激作用，尤指诱发特征性的生命活动: (stimulate) [En.] stimulate
15. 书写，开列，填写: (make out) [En.] make out
16. 放晴: ((of sky) clear up (after rain)) [En.] (of sky) clear up (after rain)
开
kāi
[量]
1. 黄金成色单位，等于纯金占合金的1/24: (karat, carat) [En.] karat, carat
2. 印刷上指相当于整张纸的若干分之一: (mo) [En.] mo
3. 冲茶一次，叫做一开: (times) [En.] times
开
kāi
[名]
姓
又（又音qian1），【幵】的新字形。无繁体。仅作部件。
And (yòu, pronounced qian1), a new form of 幵. No traditional form. Used only as a component.
Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan / old name Bianliang 汴梁
to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded / unrestrained by convention / unconstrained in one's sexuality