Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 开
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开 |
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Meaning |
to open, to start, to turn on |
Pronunciation |
kāi |
Explanation |
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Mnemonic
| Shows an open gate with a double cross-bar, as it is common at the entrance of buddhist temples and means: "open". |
Radicals
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开
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to open, start, turn on | (Can be seen as the entrance gate of a buddhist temple with two traverses. This gate is always open.) |
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廾
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two hands | (twice this hand 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) side by side & simplified.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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 |
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