Chinese Character 開 Meanings and components.

Form

開

Meaning

開 meaning[3] in English

To Open.

To Start.

To Turn On.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 開 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Men (門) , and to open (开)

Its radical[1] is: 門 (men2) which means: Surname Men, .門men2surname Men

In cangjie it is written with ANMT

How to write 開

To write開kai1to open you should write a combination of 門men2surname Men , 开kai1to open arranged in a 回 shape:

門 + 开 = 開

開 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 開 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 開, looks as follow:

開
Pinyin:kai1 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: To Open . To Start . To Turn On . To Boil . To Write Out (A Prescription, Check, Invoice Etc) . To Operate (A Vehicle) . Carat (Gold) . Abbr. For Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 Er3 Wen2] . Abbr. For 開本|开本[Kai1 Ben3], Book Format
門
Pinyin:men2
Meaning[3]: Surname Men
开
Pinyin:kai1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: To Open . To Start . To Turn On . To Boil . To Write Out (A Prescription, Check, Invoice Etc) . To Operate (A Vehicle) . Carat (Gold) . Abbr. For Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 Er3 Wen2] . Abbr. For 開本|开本[Kai1 Ben3], Book Format
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
廾
Pinyin:gong3
Meaning[3]: Hands Joined

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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