开

See also: 開ひらく, 丹に, 井い, 幵, and 并

开 U+5F00, 开 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F00 ← 廿にじゅう [U+5EFF] CJK Unified Ideographs 弁べん → [U+5F01]

Translingual

Stroke order

Stroke order

Han character

开 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 一いち廿にじゅう (MT), four-corner 1044₀, composition ⿱一いち廾)

Derived characters

• 咞 岍 汧 𤜵 妍 枅 研けん 鈃 (钘) 蚈 豜 趼 訮 刑けい 邢 形かたち 雃 鳽 (𫛚) 茾 笄 烎 開ひらく (𫔭)

See also

• 元もと 発はつ (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 (會意かいい／会意かいい) : 干ひ + 干ひ (“trunk”). Two trunks are of the same height.

Also Simplified from 開ひらく (elimination of 門もん).

As a component in composite characters, the part is not directly related to 開ひらく and instead originally derives from 井い (such as in 刑けい, 型かた, etc.) or from 幵 (such as in 研けん, 形かたち, 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 開ひらく (“to open; to unlatch; to unfasten; to start; to turn on; to switch on; etc.”). (This character is the simplified form of 開ひらく).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

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 開ひらく

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

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References

• Nom Foundation

Zhuang

Verb

开

1. Sawndip form of gai (“to sell”)