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開 kanji
open, unfold, unseal
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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カイ
Kun readings
ひらくひらき-びらきひらけるあくあける
Variant forms
开Words with 開
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —無血開城capitulation without resistance; surrendering without fighting
- —開頭手術craniotomy
- —組織開発organization development; organizational development; OD
- —開発主義developmentalism
- —開始反応initiation reaction
- —電源開発Electric Power Development
- —開襟シャツopen-necked shirt
- —公開図書館public library
- —攻撃開始線line of departure
- —帝王切開術Caesarean section; Cesarean section; C-section
- —非開示合意non-disclosure agreement
- —公開討論会open forum
- —都市再開発urban redevelopment
- —情報公開法Freedom of Information Act; FOIA
- —開業を許すto be licensed to practice (e.g. law); to be allowed to open a business
- —開校記念日anniversary of the founding of the school
- —開拓者精神pioneering spirit
- —開放血管系open blood-vascular system
- —開放性結核open tuberculosis
- —未公開株式private equity
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