开始！
Begin.
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开
Traditional: 開
kāi
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kāi · hoi1 (Jyutping)
- to open (transitive or intransitive)
- (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
- to boil
- to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
- (directional complement) away; off
- carat (gold)
- abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]
- abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
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Character breakdown
开
- Meaning
- open; initiate, begin, start
- Radical
- 廾
- Strokes
- 4
- Components
- ⿱一廾
- Cangjie
- MT
- Four-corner
- 1044
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Example sentences
Fight.
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