開

Simplified: 开

On the HSK 1 vocabulary list, at CEFR level A1.

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kāi ㄎㄞ

- 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)
- away off
  directional complement
- carat (gold)

Other words read kāi

In the same tone

揩 kāi wipe
鐦 kāi californium

kai with other tones

凱 kǎi triumphal music
愷 kǎi joyful
鎧 kǎi armor
楷 kǎi model
闓 kǎi loosen

All 17 words read kai in any tone

How 開 is written

部首 radical: 門
笔画 strokes: 12, with 4 after the 部首
结构 structure: 上三包围结构
偏旁 parts: 門开
形旁 meaning: 門
声旁 sound: 开

Words with 開

Starting with 開

開始 kāishǐ begin
開發 kāifā exploit
開放 kāifàng bloom
開展 kāizhǎn launch
開發區 kāifāqū development zone

All 310 words starting with 開

Ending with 開

召開 zhàokāi convene
展開 zhǎnkāi unfold
離開 líkāi depart
公開 gōngkāi open
打開 dǎkāi open

All 103 words ending with 開

Containing 開

公開賽 gōngkāisài open
南開大學 nánkāidàxué Nankai University
皮開肉綻 píkāiròuzhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment
信口開河 xìnkǒukāihé speak without thinking
不可開交 bùkěkāijiāo be awfully

All 91 words containing 開

Example sentences and grammar articles using 開

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