Open in Chinese (Mandarin): 开 (kāi)
开
kāi
open
- Simplified
- 开
- Traditional
- 開
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Typed as
- kai
Use it in a sentence
小猫开了窗。
小貓開了窗。
The kitten opened the window.
The characters in 开
开 / 開
To open; also to drive, to turn on.
4 strokes
First tone. 开 is used a lot: 开门 (open the door), 开车 (drive a car), 开灯 (turn on the light).
More examples with 开
请开窗户。
請開窗戶。
Qǐng kāi chuānghu.
Please open the window.
爸爸开车送我上学。
爸爸開車送我上學。
Bàba kāi chē sòng wǒ shàngxué.
Dad drives me to school.
How to write 开 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
开 4 strokes
In Traditional characters:
開 12 strokes
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