Phonetic Reading of the Character '开'



Animated Stroke Order of 开：



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Stroke Sequence of the Character '开'



Radical：廾     Strokes：4



Pinyin & Definition:

kāito open/to start/to turn on/to write out (a medical prescription)/to operate (vehicle)/abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin


Related Chinese characters:

泛，咨，姥，强，顷，交，磕，免，涵，紧，


Words with Chinese Character 开:
开
  • open
    开门
    open the door
  • bloom; open out; come loose
    花都开了。
    Flowers are all open.
  • lift (a ban, restriction, etc.)
  • start or operate vehicle; turn on devices
    开飞机
    pilot an airplane
  • vehicle leave; start
    大巴快开了。
    The bus is about to start.
  • start or run a business; set up
    他开饭店。
    He is running a restaurant.
  • hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.)
  • write out a list of
    开个单子。
    Make a list of things
  • boil
    水开了。
    The water is boiling.
  • indicate a ratio
    三七开
    3∶7
  • measure word for paper standard
    四开
    quarto
    • 开三次方cube root
    to extract a cube root
    开业to open a business
    to open a practice
    open (for business)
    开业医生medical prctioner; medical practitioner; practitioner
    开业大吉celebration on opening a business
    开云见日the clouds disperse and the sun shines forth; darkness recedes and light dawns; the clouds disperse and the sun shines forth; all misunderstanding has been dispelled
    开交(used with negative) to conclude
    (impossible) to end
    (can't) finish
    开仗to start a war
    to open hostilities
    开价to quote a price
    seller's first offer
    开伙to start providing food
    to open today's service in a canteen
    开会to hold a meeting
    to attend a meeting
    开会祈祷invocation
    开伯尔Khyber province of Pakistan
    Northwest Frontier province
    开伯尔山口Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
    开例to create a precedent
    开倒车to drive in reverse
    fig. to take a backward step
    retrogressive
    开元reign name 713-741 of Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗
    开元盛世peak of Tang prosperity during Kaiyuan, reign name 713-741 of Tang emperor Xuanzong 唐玄宗
    开元音open vowel
    开先at first