Dictionary/开

开

kāi

ㄎㄞ 開
HSK 1TOCFL Novice 14 strokestop 63 by use on the map →
1to open (transitive or intransitive)
2(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
3to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
4to boil
5to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
6(directional complement) away; off
7carat (gold)
8abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]
9abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Etymology

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

Radical

廾 · to open; to start, to initiate, to begin

Composition

⿱一廾

Writing

stroke order · 4
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