Hanja Analyzer
開

開 — gae

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
열 개
Romanization
gae
English
open; initiate, begin, start
Mandarin
kāi
Japanese on'yomi
カイ, ケン
Japanese kun'yomi
ひら.く ひら.き -びら.き ひら.ける あ.く あ.ける
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#59 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Radical
門 (169, 4 residual)
Unicode
U+958B

Parts that make up 開

  • 門 문 문 두 짝 문문과 드나드는 일
  • 开 variant of 幵 나란히 세운 방패 둘‘견·형’ 계열의 소리

How 開 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 開 as a ideographic compound involving 門, 一, 廾.

Korean example words with 開

  • 개운開運 Korean gloss: 운이 트임
  • 개춘開春 Korean gloss: 봄철이 시작됨
  • 개국開國 Korean gloss: 새로 나라를 세움
  • 개함開函 Korean gloss: 함이나 상자를 엶
  • 만개滿開 Korean gloss: 꽃이 활짝 다 핌
  • 개교開敎 Korean gloss: 어떤 종교를 처음 엶
  • 개업開業 Korean gloss: 그날의 영업을 시작함
  • 개강開講 Korean gloss: 강의나 강습 따위를 시작함
  • 개문開門 Korean gloss: 문을 엶. 또는 그런 상태
  • 개뇌開腦 Korean gloss: 수술을 하려고 뇌를 갈라서 엶
  • 개답開畓 Korean gloss: 논을 새로 만듦. 또는 그 논
  • 개오開悟 Korean gloss: 지혜를 얻어 진리를 깨닫는 일

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 開

  • 開発かいはつ development; cultivation; application
  • 開催かいさい holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
  • 開始かいし start; commencement; beginning
  • 開放かいほう opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public)
  • 公開こうかい opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting
  • 展開てんかい development; evolution; progression
  • 開幕かいまく raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start
  • 再開さいかい reopening; resumption; restarting
  • 開会かいかい opening of a meeting
  • 開票かいひょう counting ballots; tally (of votes)
  • 開設かいせつ establishment; opening; setting up
  • 開示かいじ release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display

Other hanja read “개”

Other hanja with radical 門

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