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; abbr. for 开本, book format

Radical: 廾 HSK 1 v, q ideographic

Components & Etymology

开 decomposes into the following components:

一 廾

Words containing 开

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 开.

丢开
diū kāi
传开
chuán kāi
伸开
shēn kāi
低开
dī kāi
倒开
dào kāi
八开
bā kāi
公开
gōng kāi
分开
fēn kāi
劈开
pī kāi
化开
huà kāi
南开
nán kāi
双开
shuāng kāi

Related characters (radical 廾)

Characters that share the radical 廾.

廾 廿 弁 异 弃 弄 弇 弈 弊

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