• 94th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.19% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 279 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

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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

High Frequency

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

Medium Frequency

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)
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)
开端 (開端)
开胃 (開胃)
开台 (開臺)
开花 (開花)
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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  • 73rd most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.22% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 229 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. dòng (dong4)to use • to act • to move • to change • abbr. for verb 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2]

Pronunciation Clues

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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

主动 (主動)
 ()
动作 (動作)
动力 (動力)
动漫 (動漫)
动物 (動物)
心动 (心動)
感动 (感動)
活动 (活動)
激动 (激動)
移动 (移動)
自动 (自動)
行动 (行動)
冲动 (衝動)
运动 (運動)

Medium Frequency

一动不动 (一動不動)
一举一动 (一舉一動)
不动 (不動)
互动 (互動)
传动 (傳動)
出动 (出動)
动不动 (動不動)
动人 (動人)
动作片 (動作片)
动向 (動向)
动员 (動員)
动容 (動容)
动弹 (動彈)
动心 (動心)
动情 (動情)
动感 (動感)
动态 (動態)
动手 (動手)
动摇 (動搖)
动机 (動機)
动物园 (動物園)
动用 (動用)
动画 (動畫)
动画片 (動畫片)
动荡 (動盪)
动听 (動聽)
动脉 (動脈)
动脑 (動腦)
动脑筋 (動腦筋)
动词 (動詞)
动身 (動身)
动车 (動車)
动辄 (動輒)
动静 (動靜)
劳动 (勞動)
劳动力 (勞動力)
劳动者 (勞動者)
启动 (啟動)
好动 (好動)
带动 (帶動)
怦然心动 (怦然心動)
悸动 (悸動)
手动 (手動)
打动 (打動)
抖动 (抖動)
振动 (振動)
推动 (推動)
拨动 (撥動)
摆动 (擺動)
晃动 (晃動)
机动 (機動)
机动车 (機動車)
波动 (波動)
流动 (流動)
流动性 (流動性)
浮动 (浮動)
滑动 (滑動)
滚动 (滾動)
无动于衷 (無動於衷)
煽动 (煽動)
牵动 (牽動)
生动 (生動)
发动 (發動)
发动机 (發動機)
总动员 (總動員)
胎动 (胎動)
举动 (舉動)
蠕动 (蠕動)
被动 (被動)
触动 (觸動)
调动 (調動)
变动 (變動)
走动 (走動)
跳动 (跳動)
躁动 (躁動)
转动 (轉動)
轰动 (轟動)
运动员 (運動員)
运动会 (運動會)
运动鞋 (運動鞋)
开动 (開動)
电动 (電動)
震动 (震動)
灵动 (靈動)
骚动 (騷動)
驱动 (驅動)
惊天动地 (驚天動地)
惊心动魄 (驚心動魄)
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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.