• 94th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 457 words
  • Component in 0 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

1. Pronunciation clue for kāi (kai1)The component is pronounced as 'kāi' (kai1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

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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  • 249th most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 274 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. cháng (chang2)threshing floor • classifier for events and happenings: spell, episode, bout
2. chǎng (chang3)large place used for a specific purpose • stage • scene (of a play) • classifier for sporting or recreational activities • classifier for number of exams

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for cháng (chang2)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pinyin final.
2. Pronunciation clue for chǎng (chang3)The component is pronounced as 'yáng' (yang2). It has the same pinyin final.

Example Words

Common

商场 (商場)
场景 (場景)
场面 (場面)
市场 (市場)
广场 (廣場)
战场 (戰場)
机场 (機場)
现场 (現場)
登场 (登場)
立场 (立場)
职场 (職場)

Uncommon

上场 (上場)
下场 (下場)
中场 (中場)
主场 (主場)
停车场 (停車場)
入场 (入場)
入场券 (入場券)
全场 (全場)
冷场 (冷場)
出场 (出場)
到场 (到場)
剧场 (劇場)
包场 (包場)
半场 (半場)
在场 (在場)
场合 (場合)
场地 (場地)
场所 (場所)
官场 (官場)
客场 (客場)
专场 (專場)
市场价 (市場價)
市场化 (市場化)
情场 (情場)
捧场 (捧場)
排场 (排場)
操场 (操場)
收场 (收場)
散场 (散場)
会场 (會場)
沙场 (沙場)
浴场 (浴場)
牧场 (牧場)
球场 (球場)
用场 (用場)
当场 (當場)
磁场 (磁場)
竞技场 (競技場)
篮球场 (籃球場)
考场 (考場)
菜市场 (菜市場)
赌场 (賭場)
赛场 (賽場)
足球场 (足球場)
农场 (農場)
退场 (退場)
进场 (進場)
游乐场 (遊樂場)
开场 (開場)
飞机场 (飛機場)
体育场 (體育場)

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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.