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

Words with this kanji

N1 開催 kaisai holding a meeting, open an exhibition N1 開拓 kaitaku cultivation, pioneer N1 開発 kaihatsu development, exploitation N1 切開 sekkai opening up, cutting through N1 打開 dakai solution, breakthrough N1 未開 mikai savage land, backward region, uncivilized N2 開会 kaikai opening of a meeting N2 開通 kaitsuu opening, open N2 開放 kaihou open, throw open, liberalization

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 N3 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. N5 彼がドアを開けました。 Kare ga doa o akemashita. He opened the door.