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U+958B, 開
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-958B

[U+958A]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+958C]
開 U+2F9EE, 開
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9EE
𨯺
[U+2F9ED]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 䦕
[U+2F9EF]

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 169, +4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 日弓一廿 (ANMT), four-corner 77441, composition (U+958B) or (U+2F9EE))

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1331, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 41233
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1835, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4286, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+958B
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Chinese

Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 開, Warring States ...

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): (door) + (latch and/or wooden pole that shuts a door) + (a pair of hands) — a pair of hands opening a latched door. and are combined into since the Small Seal script; however, in the conservative variant 𨵑, the two hands and the latch are well visible.

Compare . See also , in which the door is kept shut by two wooden poles.

Etymology 1

More information trad., simp. ...

According to STEDT, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-k(w)a-j (mouth; opening; spread; door; face; jaw). Cognate with (OC *ɡʷaːʔ, “door”), Tibetan (kha, mouth), Tibetan སྒོ (sgo, door).

The word is possibly a colloquial variant of (OC *ŋ̊ʰɯːlʔ, *ŋ̊ʰɯːls) (Schuessler, 2007). Proto-Mien *kʰu̯ɔiᴬ (to open) (whence Iu Mien kʰɔi¹) and Thai ไข (kǎi) are Chinese loans (Ratliff, 2010).

Pronunciation


Note:
  • Changting:
    • hue1 - vernacular;
    • kue1 - literary.

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More information Zhengzhang system (2003), Character ...

Definitions

  1. to open; to unlatch; to unfasten
    不到 [MSC, trad.]
    不到 [MSC, simp.]
    kāi budào zhè shàn mén. [Pinyin]
    I can't open the door.
    商店商店   Shāngdiàn kāi dào bā diǎn.   The shop opens till eight o'clock.
  2. to start; to turn on; to switch on
    電燈电灯   kāi diàndēng   to switch the light on
    電腦电脑   kāi diànnǎo   to turn on the computer
  3. to make an opening; to open up
       kāihuāng   to open up wasteland
    運河运河   kāi yùnhé   to dig a canal
       zài qiáng shàng kāi ge dòng   to make a hole in the wall
  4. (of a flower) to open out; to bloom
       Huā kāi le.   The flower is blooming.
  5. (of a frozen river) to thaw
  6. to split; to divide; to cut
    [Cantonese]   jat1 hoi1 ji6 [Jyutping]   one split into two
  7. to begin; to start
       kāigōng   to start working
       kāixué   to start school
  8. to start; to set up; to open
    燒臘烧腊 [Cantonese]   hoi1 gaan1 siu1 laap6 pou3-2 [Jyutping]   to open a roasted meats shop
    銀行帳戶 [MSC, trad.]
    银行帐户 [MSC, simp.]
    kāi le ge yínxíng zhànghù. [Pinyin]
    I opened a bank account.
  9. to remove (a ban or restriction)
       kāijìn   to lift a ban
       kāizhāi   to resume a meat diet
  10. to boil (bubble and turn to vapour)
    沒有没有   Shuǐ kāi le méiyǒu?   Has the water boiled?
  11. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.)
    支票支票   kāi zhīpiào   to write a check
    我們學生 [MSC, trad.]
    我们学生 [MSC, simp.]
    Wǒmen kāi le yī zhāng xuéshēng bìdú shūdān. [Pinyin]
    We made a list of required books for students.
    醫生抗生素 [Cantonese, trad.]
    医生抗生素 [Cantonese, simp.]
    ji1 sang1 hoi1 zo2 di1 kong3 sang1 sou3 bei2 ngo5. [Jyutping]
    The doctor prescribed me some antibiotics.
  12. to book (a hotel room)
  13. to operate/run a business
  14. to hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.)
       kāihuì   to hold a meeting
    partyparty [Cantonese]   hoi1 paa1 ti4 [Jyutping]   to hold a party
  15. to pay
    工資工资   kāi gōngzī   to pay wages
  16. to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
       kāichē   to drive a car
       kāipào   to fire a cannon
    船長對岸 [MSC, trad.]
    船长对岸 [MSC, simp.]
    Chuánzhǎng bǎ chuán kāi dào duì'àn qù. [Pinyin]
    The captain sailed the boat to the opposite bank.
    火車已經火车已经   Huǒchē yǐjīng kāi le.   The train has already departed.
    做咩 [Cantonese, trad.]
    做咩 [Cantonese, simp.]
    hoi1 gam3 faai3 zou6 me1 zek1? [Jyutping]
    What's the point of driving so fast?
  17. (Cantonese) to make a liquid mixture
    奶粉奶粉 [Cantonese]   hoi1 naai5 fan2 [Jyutping]   to make milk from formula
  18. apart; away
       sànkāi   to separate and strew; to scatter; to disperse
       zǒukāi   to move out of the way
    [Cantonese]   co5 hoi1 [Jyutping]   to sit farther away
    唔好 [Cantonese, trad.]
    唔好 [Cantonese, simp.]
    m4 hou2 jau4 gam3 hoi1. [Jyutping]
    Don't swim so far away.
  19. (informal) short for 開除开除 (kāichú, “to fire; to sack; to discharge; to dismiss”)
  20. (informal) to eat up
  21. (Cantonese, archaic) Progressive aspect particle, used to express that an event is/was in progress.
  22. (Cantonese) Inceptive and continuous aspect particle, used to express that an event has started and continues on for a while.
  23. (Cantonese) Habitual aspect particle.
    有冇乜嘢 [Cantonese, trad.]
    有冇乜嘢 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 jau5 mou5 sik6 hoi1 di1 mat1 je5 joek6 gaa3? [Jyutping]
    Are you taking any medications?
  24. (Cantonese) Converbal aspect particle used to express a condition or rationale.
    豉油 [Cantonese, trad.]
    𩠌豉油 [Cantonese, simp.]
    heoi3 hoi1 maai5 sung3, bong1 ngo5 maai5 zeon1 si6 jau4 aa1. [Jyutping]
    When you go and do your groceries, buy a bottle of soy sauce for me.
  25. (Chinese phonetics) short for 開口开口 (kāikǒu, “open-mouthed”)
  26. (Hokkien) to spend (money)
    [Hokkien]   khai-chîⁿ [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]   to spend money
  27. a surname
Synonyms
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of to open, to turn on): (guān)
  • (antonym(s) of apart):
Compounds
Descendants
Sino-Xenic ():
  • Japanese: (かい) (kai)
  • Vietnamese: khai ()

Others:

  • Lao: ໄຂ (khai, open)
  • Thai: ไข (kǎi, open)
  • Vietnamese: khơi
  • Zhuang: hai (open)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English K (karat).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. karat (measure of gold purity)

Compounds

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (physics) short for 開爾文开尔文 (kāi'ěrwén, “kelvin”)

Etymology 4

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Pronunciation

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Definitions

  1. (dialectal Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) Perfective aspect particle.
Synonyms
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Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. open

Readings

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to open):

Derived terms

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese (MC khoj).

Pronunciation

Affix

(かい) (kai) 

  1. open
  2. start; beginning

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese (MC khoj). Recorded as Middle Korean ᄀᆡ (koy) (Yale: koy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

(eumhun (yeol gae))

  1. hanja form? of (open)

Compounds

References

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
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Vietnamese

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