Memory phrase for the character: 开

开

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Meaning

to open, to start, to turn on

Pronunciation

kāi

Explanation

Mnemonic

Shows an open gate with a double cross-bar, as it is common at the entrance of Buddhist temples and means: "open".

Radicals

开	to open, start, turn on	Can be seen as the entrance gate of a Buddhist temple with two traverses. This gate is always open.
廾	two hands	Twice this hand 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) side by side, which was simplified and combined.

Vocabulary

开镰	kāi lián	to start the harvest
撇开	piē kāi	to disregard; to leave aside
开襟	kāi jīn	buttoned Chinese tunic; unbuttoned (to cool down)
咧开嘴笑	liě kāi zuǐ xiào	to laugh
开凿	kāi záo	to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
开小灶	kāi xiǎo zào	lit. to turn on a private oven; to get special attention
甩开	shuǎi kāi	to shake off; to get rid of
甩开膀子	shuǎi kāi bǎng zi	to throw off inhibitions; to go all out
敞开	chǎng kāi	to open wide; unrestrictedly
开会祈祷	kāi huì qí dǎo	invocation
开国元勋	kāi guó yuán xūn	founding figure (of a country or dynasty); founding father; fig. also used of company or school etc; ounding father; fig. also used of company, school etc
开国元勋	kāi guó yuán xūn

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