开

See also: 開, 丹, 井, 升, 幵, and 并
开 U+5F00, 开
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F00
← 廿
[U+5EFF] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 弁 →
[U+5F01]

Translingual

Stroke order
Stroke order

Han character

开 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一廿 (MT), four-corner 10440, composition ⿱一廾)

Derived characters

See also

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 353, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 514, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+5F00

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 干 + 干 (“trunk”). Two trunks are of the same height.

Also Simplified from 開 (elimination of 門).

As a component in composite characters, the part is not directly related to 開 and instead originally derives from 井 (such as in 刑, 型, etc.) or from 幵 (such as in 研, 形, etc.).

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 幵 (“even, level”).
(This character is a variant form of 幵).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 開 (“to open; to unlatch; to unfasten; to start; to turn on; to switch on; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 開).
Notes:

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 亓.
(This character is a variant form of 亓).

Japanese

Kanji

开

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. alternative form of 開

Readings

  • Go-on: かい (kai)、け (ke)
  • Kan-on: かい (kai)
  • Kun: ひらく (hiraku, 开く)、ひらける (hirakeru, 开ける)、あける (akeru, 开ける)、あく (aku, 开く)
  • Nanori: さく (saku)、はる (haru)、はるき (haruki)、ひら (hira)、ひらかす (hirakasu)、ひらき (hiraki)、ひらく (hiraku)

Kanji

Shinjitai

开

Kyūjitai

幵
开

(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 幵)

  1. even, level
  2. to raise in both hands

Readings

  • On (unclassified): けん (ken)
  • Kun: たいらか (tairaka)

Vietnamese

Han character

开: Hán Nôm readings: khai

  1. to declare, to state, to testify
  2. (only in compounds) to open
  3. (only in compounds) to dredge up

References

Zhuang

Verb

开

  1. Sawndip form of gai (“to sell”)
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