開 — open, unfold, unseal

ひらく開 open

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes action technology

U+958B Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #59 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1750 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

open
unfold
unseal

word

ひら hira Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

開(ひら) く hiraku to open 切(き) り開(ひら) く kirihiraku to clear 開(ひら) き直(なお) る hirakinaoru to become defiant

かい kai On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

開(かい) 発(はつ) kaihatsu development 公(こう) 開(かい) koukai public release 開(かい) 始(し) kaishi start 開(かい) 放(ほう) kaihou opening 開(かい) 業(ぎょう) kaigyou opening a business 開(かい) 店(てん) kaiten opening a store 開(かい) 会(かい) kaikai opening of a meeting 開(かい) kai open

あ a Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

開(あ) ける akeru to open

Appears in idioms

文明開化四字熟語

sentence, bright, open, change

開口一番四字熟語

open, mouth, one, number

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

もん門 gate #169

开 open (component form)

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#169 門 gate