開
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kāi · to open

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Shape and proportion

12Total strokes

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Top enclosureCharacter structure

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門Key radical

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Vocabulary in context

Common words with 開

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Example sentences

Notice where 開 sits in each complete thought.

Nǐ zuì hǎo bú yào kāi le wǒ de jū.你最好不要開了我的車。

You'd better not have driven my car.

Source: Tatoeba #900700 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Nǐ shì zài gēn wǒ kāi wán xiào ba?!你是在跟我開玩笑吧?!

Are you freaking kidding me?!

Source: Tatoeba #48 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ yào wǒ suǒ yǒu de jiā rén lí kāi jiā.我要我所有的家人離開家。

I made my whole family leave home.

Source: Tatoeba #908534 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ bú shì zài kāi wán xiào.我不是在開玩笑。

I'm not joking.

Source: Tatoeba #13205094 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Tā yí kàn dào wǒ jiù kāi shǐ kū le.她一看到我就開始哭了。

The moment she saw me, she burst out crying.

Source: Tatoeba #1178974 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wǒ kàn dào nǐ kāi zhù nǐ de xīn jū.我看到你開著你的新車。

I saw you driving your new car.

Source: Tatoeba #885523 · CC BY 2.0 FR
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How to study 開 in context

  1. Say kāi, then recall the core meaning: to open.
  2. Write all 12 strokes while keeping the top enclosure balanced.
  3. Read the complete sentence aloud once, then cover the translation and explain how 開 works in that context.

Definitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.