• 94th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 457 words
  • Component in 13 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. kāi (kai1)to open • to start • to turn on • to boil • to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) • to operate (vehicle) • abbr. for 開爾文|开尔文 degrees Kelvin

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

打开 (打開)
开始 (開始)
开心 (開心)
开门 (開門)
离开 (離開)

Uncommon

公开 (公開)
分开 (分開)
召开 (召開)
展开 (展開)
张开 (張開)
想开 (想開)
拆开 (拆開)
拉开 (拉開)
抛开 (拋開)
推开 (推開)
揭开 (揭開)
摊开 (攤開)
放开 (放開)
敞开 (敞開)
煮开 (煮開)
烧开 (燒開)
白开水 (白開水)
盛开 (盛開)
看开 (看開)
睁开 (睜開)
翻开 (翻開)
解开 (解開)
走开 (走開)
避开 (避開)
开动 (開動)
开口 (開口)
开启 (開啟)
开场 (開場)
开学 (開學)
开封 (開封)
开导 (開導)
开展 (開展)
开工 (開工)
开幕 (開幕)
开店 (開店)
开张 (開張)
开往 (開往)
开心果 (開心果)
开怀 (開懷)
开战 (開戰)
开放 (開放)
开会 (開會)
开朗 (開朗)
开业 (開業)
开枪 (開槍)
开机 (開機)
开水 (開水)
开火 (開火)
开灯 (開燈)
开玩笑 (開玩笑)
开发 (開發)
开发商 (開發商)
开盘 (開盤)
开眼 (開眼)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
开走 (開走)
开车 (開車)
开通 (開通)
开门红 (開門紅)
开间 (開間)
开阔 (開闊)
开关 (開關)
开头 (開頭)
开饭 (開飯)
松开 (鬆開)

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  • 370th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.06% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 180 words
  • Component in 16 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yuán (Yuan2)surname Yuan • the Yuan or Mongol dynasty (1279-1368)
2. yuán (yuan2)Chinese monetary unit • dollar • primary • first

Pronunciation Clues

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Example Words

Common

元宝 (元寶)
元旦 
元月 
元素 
美元 

Uncommon

元代 
元宵 
元宵节 (元宵節)
元帅 (元帥)
元气 (元氣)
元老 
元首 
公元 
单元 (單元)
多元 
多元化 
崔永元 
广元 (廣元)
日元 
次元 
欧元 (歐元)
欧元区 (歐元區)
港元 
澳元 
状元 (狀元)
纪元 (紀元)
开元 (開元)
韩元 (韓元)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.