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kāi(kai1) // pronunciation of 开 in Mandarin Pinyin

Basic information about 开

Unihan definition: open; initiate, begin, start

Number of strokes: 4
Examples of other characters consisting of 4 strokes: , , , , , , , , ,

Radical:  55.1

HSK level: 1
Other HSK 1 characters: , , , , , , , , , more hsk 1 charaters »

Frequency rank: 94

General standard index number: 0076

Traditional variant:

Examples of words containing this character: 丢开, 伸开, 倒开, 传开, 八开, 公开, 再开, 分开, 劈开, 化开, 南开, 另开, 召开, 大开, 封开, 对开, 小开, 展开, 岔开, 张开, 想开, 扒开, 打开, 拆开, 拉开

English translation (based on CEDICT):

開|开[kāi]:
- to open
- to start
- to turn on
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- to operate (a vehicle)
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

Details

Unicode code point: U+5F00

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