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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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On readings
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
- —開墾Popularcultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
- —開示Popularrelease (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
- —開城Popularsurrender of a castle; surrender of a fortress; capitulation of a stronghold
- —開場Popularopening (the doors of a venue); inauguration (of a new building, facility, etc.)
- —開設Popularestablishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
- —開戦Popularoutbreak of war; starting a war
- —開廷Popularcourt session; trial
- —開店Popularopening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
- —開票Popularcounting ballots; tally (of votes)
- —開封Popularopening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
- —開閉Popularopening and shutting; opening and closing
- —開幕Popularraising the curtain; opening (of an event); start; beginning
- —再開Popularreopening; resumption; restarting
- —疎開Popularevacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
- —満開Popularfull bloom (esp. of cherry blossom); full blossom
- —開国Popularfounding a country; opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world; ending (a policy of) national seclusion
- —開業医Popularprivate clinician; physician in private practice
- —開拓者Popularpioneer; settler; colonist
- —非公開Popularprivate; non-public; secret; closed-door; closed
- —開発部Populardevelopment department
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