Kanji 開: "open, unfold, unseal"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 開

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 開ひらくto open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack · to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
• 開あけるto open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock · to open (for business, etc.)
• 展てん開かいdevelopment; evolution; progression; unfolding · expansion; spreading out; extending; deployment
• 口くちを開ひらくto open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
• 開かい始しstart; commencement; beginning; initiation
• 開かい発はつdevelopment; cultivation; application · exploitation (of resources)
• 再さい開かいreopening; resumption; restarting
• 見み開ひらくto open (one's eyes) wide
• 開あくto open (e.g. doors) · to open (e.g. business, etc.)
• 開ひらけるto open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.); to open up · to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better
• 開かい催さいholding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
• 公こう開かいopening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling

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