• 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.

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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  • 118th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.16% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 394 words
  • Component in 121 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. gōng (gong1)work • worker • skill • profession • trade • craft • labor

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for gōng (gong1)The component is pronounced as 'gōng' (gong1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words

Common

员工 (員工)
工作 
工资 (工資)

Uncommon

人工 
做工 
分工 
加工 
化工 
完工 
工人 
工作室 
工作日 
工作服 
工作者 
工作量 
工伤 (工傷)
工具 
工商 
工地 
工夫 
工厂 (工廠)
工时 (工時)
工会 (工會)
工业 (工業)
工程 
工程师 (工程師)
工艺 (工藝)
工艺品 (工藝品)
工行 
手工 
打工 
收工 
放工 
施工 
民工 
清洁工 (清潔工)
特工 
理工 
罢工 (罷工)
义工 (義工)
职工 (職工)
临时工 (臨時工)
苦工 
农民工 (農民工)
开工 (開工)

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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.