開 – Kanji details

Keyword

open

Info

Frequency	Top 100-200
Type	Kyōiku (3rd grade) ?
Kanken	Level 8
Heisig	1750
Readings	ひら (44%) かい (34%) あ (20%)
	びらはだぴら

Composed of

門

gate

开

oriental lantern

Mnemonic

When you peek through the gate you can see a beautiful oriental lantern inside. The lantern is a little bit too bright so you can't see anything else; for that you'd need to open the gate and go inside.

Used in vocabulary (603 in total)

開ひらく

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

開あける

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

展てん開かい

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)

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Examples (200 in total)

まだ開ひらいてますか？

Are you still open?

まだ開ひらいてますよ。

It's still open.

彼かの女じょの目めを開ひらかせたのはその音おとだった。

It was that sound that brought her eyes open.