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How to write 開, stroke by stroke

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What 開 means

to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format

Pictophonetic: semantic 門 (gate), phonetic 开

Made of 門 + 开

Words with 開

• 開始kāi shǐto begin; beginning; to start; initial
• 離開lí kāito depart; to leave
• 開心kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
• 打開dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
• 開玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
• 開槍kāi qiāngto open fire; to shoot a gun
• 開車kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
• 放開fàng kāito let go; to release
• 開門kāi ménto open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
• 走開zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
• 讓開ràng kāito get out of the way; to step aside
• 分開fēn kāito separate; to part

開 in a sentence

• 我要我所有的家人離開家。

  wǒ yào wǒ suǒ yǒu de jiā rén lí kāi jiā 。

  I made my whole family leave home.

• 今天晚上我玩得很開心。

  jīn tiān wǎn shàng wǒ wán dé hěn kāi xīn 。

  I had a good time this evening.

• 她很快地打開了信。

  tā hěn kuài dì dǎ kāi le xìn 。

  She opened the letter quickly.

• 我的朋友三天前開始旅行。

  wǒ de péng yǒu sān tiān qián kāi shǐ lǚ xíng 。

  My friends started the trip three days ago.

• 你酒喝得太醉了不能開車。

  nǐ jiǔ hē dé tài zuì le bù néng kāi jū 。

  You're too drunk to drive.

Characters that sound like 開

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