开 – vocab dash

Keyword

to open

to start
to initiate
to begin

Frequency: #71
Strokes: 4

Readings

kāi100%

Mnemonic

Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door

Stroke order

Composed of

一one 廾hands joined

Used in characters

并also 形form 研to grind 刑punishment 荆thorns 邢a state in Hebei province 妍beautiful 笄hairpin 锎californium 趼callus 汧marsh 岍name of a mountain

Used in vocabulary

开始kāishǐ

to begin; to start; beginning; start

开kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 (Kāi'ěrwén); abbr. for 开本 (kāiběn), book format

开发kāifā

to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop

离开líkāi

to depart; to leave

公开gōngkāi

open; overt; public; to make public; to release

开放kāifàng

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

召开zhàokāi

to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke; to call together

开展kāizhǎn

to launch; to develop; to unfold; (of an exhibition etc) to open

打开dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on

开心kāixīn

to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb

展开zhǎnkāi

to unfold; to spread out; to open up; to launch; to carry out

开车kāichē

to drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke

分开fēnkāi

to separate; to part

开启kāiqǐ

to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature); (of a system or device) to start operating automatically; to self-initiate; to open (sth that has been sealed)

开设kāishè

to offer (goods or services); to open (for business etc)

开幕kāimù

to open (a conference); to inaugurate

开通kāitōng

to open (a new road or railway line); to set up (a hotline); to launch (a service); to subscribe to (a members-only service)

开枪kāiqiāng

to open fire; to shoot a gun

开玩笑kāiwánxiào

to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke

开会kāihuì

to hold a meeting; to attend a meeting