开 — readings, stroke count and radical

  • Non-Jōyō kanji
  • 4 strokes

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ひらく。
  2. はじめる。
  3. (日本):それ、その

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

(中国):「開」の門部を省略した文字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

open, initiate, begin, start

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

Other languages
  • 拼音kai1

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
廾(こまぬき)
JIS level
Level 3
Unicode
U+5F00

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-1-3