開 (hiraku) Kanji Meaning: "Open" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

N498 of 16612 strokes

Drawing: Hands push the gate open.

開 means open

unfold, unseal

Hands push the gate open.

On'yomi

  • カイkai

Kun'yomi

  • ひら(く)hiraku
  • ひら(き)hiraki
  • びら(き)biraki
  • ひら(ける)hirakeru
  • あ(く)aku
1 more
  • あ(ける)akeru

How it's built

  • 門gate
  • 开even

Common words

  • 開会かいかいopening of a meeting
  • 開始かいしstart; commencement
  • 公開こうかいopening to the public; making available to the public
  • 開店かいてんopening a new shop

Through history

  1. Seal script form of 開Seal
  2. Today

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