Rank 93BeginnerHanziDB frequency list + CC-CEDICT
开
开 - kāi
open; initiate, begin, start
open; initiate, begin, start
How to read 开
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| Hanzi | 开 |
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| Traditional | 開 |
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| Pinyin | kāi |
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| English | open; initiate, begin, start |
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| Radical hint | 廾 |
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Example words
to conclude; to end; finish to start a war; to open hostilities to start providing food; to open today's service in a canteen to create a precedent Example sentence
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