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开头

Traditional: 開頭

kāi tóu

HSK 3.0 · 6

Yue Tan · University of Caen; © 2009 Yue Tan. MP3 preparation: Hugo Lopez / audio-cmn · CC BY-SA 3.0 US

kāi tóu · hoi1 tau4 (Jyutping)

  1. beginning
  2. to start

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

开

Meaning
open; initiate, begin, start
Radical
廾
Strokes
4
Components
⿱一廾
Cangjie
MT
Four-corner
1044

头

Meaning
head; top; chief, first; boss
Radical
大
Strokes
5
Components
⿻⺀大
Cangjie
YK
Four-corner
3480

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