Kanji

Level: N4 Strokes: 12

開

Meaning in English

open, unfold, unseal

Readings

Onyomi: カイ Kunyomi: ひら.く, ひら.き, -びら.き, ひら.ける, あ.く, あ.ける Romaji: kai / hira.ku, hira.ki, -bira.ki, hira.keru, a.ku, a.keru

Stroke order

Animated kanji stroke order

開

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese abrir, desdobrar, deslacrar

Spanish abrir, desplegar, desprecintar

Korean 열다, 펼치다, 봉인을 해제하다

French ouvrir, déplier, desceller

Italian aprire, dispiegare, stappare

German öffnen, auseinanderfalten, entsiegeln

Indonesian buka, bentangkan, buka segel

★ Vietnamese mở ra, trải ra, mở niêm phong

Thai เปิด, คลี่ออก, แกะผนึกออก

Kanji

Related kanji

N5 間 kan, ken / aida, ma, ai interval, space, intervalle N1 閑 kan leisure, loisirs, ocio N3 閉 hei / to.jiru, to.zasu, shi.meru, shi.maru, ta.teru closed, shut, fermer N3 関 kan / seki, -zeki, kaka.waru, karakuri, kannuki connection, barrier, gateway N1 閣 kaku tower, tall building, palace N1 閥 batsu clique, lineage, pedigree N1 閲 etsu / kemi.suru review, inspection, revision N2 門 mon / kado, to gate, counter for cannons, portail N1 闇 an, on / yami, kura.i get dark, gloom, disorder

Word

Words with this kanji

N5 開けます akemasu open N5 開く aku open, become open

Sentence

Sentences with this kanji

N3 新しい制度の開始に際して説明会が開かれた Atarashii seido no kaishi ni saishite setsumeikai ga hirakareta Briefing held at start of new system N4 ドアを開けようとしました。 Doa o akeyou to shimashita. I tried to open the door. N4 ドアが急に開きました。 Doa ga kyuu ni akimashita. The door suddenly opened. N4 彼がドアを開けました。 Kare ga doa o akemashita. He opened the door.