開
See also: 开
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Translingual
Han character
開 (radical 169, 門+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一廿 (ANMT), four-corner 77441, composition ⿵門开(U+958B) or ⿵門幵(U+2F9EE))
References
- KangXi: page 1331, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41233
- Dae Jaweon: page 1835, character 15
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4286, character 2
- Unihan data for U+958B
- Unihan data for U+2F9EE
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) | |
Qin slip script | Ancient script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 門 (“door”) + 一 (“latch”) + 廾 (“a pair of hands”) — a pair of hands opening a latched door. 一 and 廾 are combined into 开 since the seal script.
Pronunciation
Definitions
開
- to open; to unlatch; to unfasten
- to start; to turn on; to switch on
- to begin; to start
- to boil; to seethe
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.)
- to book (a hotel room)
- to operate/run a business
- 係做木匠、在前開過一間細木舖、後來亦關唨咯、而家靜靠同人做工夫嚟過日子、 [Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 粵音指南·上卷, 卷之一 應對須知
- hai6 zou6 muk6 zoeng6-2, zoi6 cin4 hoi1 gwo3 jat1 gaan1 sai3 muk6 pou3-2, hau6 loi4 jik6 gwaan1 zo2 lo3, ji4 gaa1 zing6 kaau3 tung4 jan4 zou6 gung1 fu1 lai4 gwo3 jat6 zi2, [Jyutping]
- He used to work as a woodworker; he had operated a small wood shop, and later closed it as well; currently he only relies on working for other people to make a living.
系做木匠、在前开过一间细木铺、后来亦关唨咯、而家静靠同人做工夫嚟过日子、 [Cantonese, simp.]- 1905, T. B. Adam, An English-Chinese dictionary of the Foochow dialect
- Apothecary, kŭi iŏh dáing gì nè̤ng.
- to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
- apart; away
- (Cantonese) Habitual aspect particle.
- (physics) Short for 開爾文/开尔文 (kāi'ěrwén, “kelvin”).
- (Chinese phonetics) Short for 開口/开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”).
- A surname.
Compounds
Derived terms from 開
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Descendants
- → Lao: ໄຂ (khai, “open”)
- → Thai: ไข (kǎi, “open”)
Pronunciation
Korean
Hanja
開 • (gae) (hangeul 개, revised gae, McCune–Reischauer kae, Yale kay)
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Vietnamese
Han character
開 (khai)
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