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Kanji 開: meaning "open", readings, stroke order

The kanji 開 means "open". On'yomi: カイ; kun'yomi: ひらく、ひらける、あく、あける. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
open
On'yomi
カイ
Kun'yomi
ひらくひらけるあくあける
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 開

  • 開ける あける — To open
  • 開く ひらく — to open; to hold (an event)
  • 開始 かいし — start, commencement, beginning
  • 開会 かいかい — opening of a meeting
  • 開通 かいつう — opening, open
  • 開放 かいほう — open, throw open, liberalization
  • 展開 てんかい — develop, expansion (opposite of compression)
  • 開催 かいさい — holding a meeting, open an exhibition
  • 開拓 かいたく — cultivation, pioneer
  • 開発 かいはつ — development, exploitation
  • 切開 せっかい — opening up, cutting through
  • 打開 だかい — solution, breakthrough

Stroke order · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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