• 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

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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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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  • 275th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.08% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 47 words
  • Component in 5 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhǎn (Zhan3)surname Zhan
2. zhǎn (zhan3)to spread out • to open up • to exhibit • to put into effect • to postpone • to prolong • exhibition

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

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Example Words

High Frequency

展现 (展現)
展示 
发展 (發展)

Medium Frequency

伸展 
 
展出 
展望 
展翅 
展台 (展臺)
展览 (展覽)
展开 (展開)
展露 
拓展 
招展 
扩展 (擴展)
会展 (會展)
舒展 
车展 (車展)
进展 (進展)
开展 (開展)
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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.