1. 開
  2. 啟

開

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Meta:

  1. 開 is the 94th most frequent character.
  2. 開 has 1 dictionary entry.
  3. 開 appears as a character in 280 words.
  4. 開 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
開 => 門, 开
Radical :
開 => 門 (gate), 一 (one), 廾 (N/A)
Graphical :
開 => 門, 一, 廾

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. 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 開 (kai1): The component 开 is pronounced as 'kai1'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

打开 (打開)
开 (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)

啟

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Meta:

  1. 啟 is the 1318th most frequent character.
  2. 啟 has 2 dictionary entries.
  3. 啟 appears as a character in 24 words.
  4. 啟 appears as a component in 0 characters.

Decomposition:

Once :
啟 => 启, ⺙
Radical :
啟 => 户 (door/house), 口 (mouth), ⺙ (knock)
Graphical :
啟 => 丨, 匚, 丶, 口, 丿, 一, 乂

Pinyin & Meaning:

  1. Qi3 - Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
  2. qi3 - to open/to start/to initiate/to enlighten or awaken/to state/to inform

Pronunciation Clues:

  1. Pronunciation clue for 啟 (qi3): The component 启 is pronounced as 'qi3'. It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Example Words:

High Frequency

启动 (啟動)
启程 (啟程)
开启 (開啟)

Medium Frequency

启 (啟)
启事 (啟事)
启用 (啟用)
启发 (啟發)
启蒙 (啟矇)
启示 (啟示)
启示录 (啟示錄)
启航 (啟航)
启蒙 (啟蒙)
启迪 (啟迪)
启齿 (啟齒)
重启 (重啟)
Decomposition Levels:
Level 1: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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