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How to write 开, stroke by stroke

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What 开 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

Ideographic: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door

Made of 一 + 廾

Words with 开

• 开始kāi shǐto begin; beginning; to start; initial
• 离开lí kāito depart; to leave
• 开心kāi xīnto feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb
• 打开dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
• 开玩笑kāi wán xiàoto play a joke; to make fun of; to joke
• 开枪kāi qiāngto open fire; to shoot a gun
• 开车kāi chēto drive a car (or train etc); (slang) to post sexual content online; to make a sexual joke
• 放开fàng kāito let go; to release
• 开门kāi ménto open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business
• 走开zǒu kāito leave; to walk away; to beat it; to move aside
• 让开ràng kāito get out of the way; to step aside
• 分开fēn kāito separate; to part

开 in a sentence

• 你离开家有多久了?

  nǐ lí kāi jiā yǒu duō jiǔ le ?

  How long have you been alienated from your family?

• 不要担心，开心点！

  bú yào dān xīn ， kāi xīn diǎn ！

  Don't worry, be happy!

• 我上周开始学中文了。

  wǒ shàng zhōu kāi shǐ xué zhōng wén le 。

  I started learning Chinese last week.

• 什么。。。？你还是不会开车？

  shén me 。 。 。 ？ nǐ hái shì bú huì kāi chē ？

  What... you still don't know how to drive?

• 打开左边的橱，瓶子在那儿。

  dǎ kāi zuǒ biān de chú ， píng zi zài nà ér 。

  Open the cupboard to the left, the bottles are in there.

Characters that sound like 开

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