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开, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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See also: 開,
丹,
井,
升,
幵, and 并
Translingual
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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
- 元 発 (graphically similar)
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
Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 开 – see 亓.
(This character is a variant form of 亓). |
Japanese
Kanji
开
(Hyōgai kanji)
- Alternative form of 開
Readings
Kanji
开
(Hyōgai kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 幵)
- even, level
- to raise in both hands
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
开: Hán Nôm readings: khai
- to declare, to state, to testify
- (only in compounds) to open
- (only in compounds) to dredge up
References
Zhuang
Verb
开
- Sawndip form of gai (“to sell”)
