Unicode: U+5F00

Pinyin: kāi

Definition

* 启,张,把关闭的东西打开。 ~启。~化。~诚布公。 * 分割。 对~。三十二~本。 * 通,使通。 ~导。~窍。 * 使显露出来。 ~采(挖掘矿物)。~发。 * 扩大、发展。 ~扩。~拓。 * 发动或操纵。 ~动。~车。 * 起始。 ~始。~宗明义。 * 设置、建立。 ~创。~国。~设。 * 列举,写出。 ~单子。~发票。 * 支付。 ~销。~支。 * 沸腾,滚。 ~水。 * 举行。 ~运动会。 * 放在动词后面,表示效果。 躲~

open; initiate, begin, start

Structure

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Related substructures

Precursors

Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
71_EC1D71_EC1E71_EC1F
Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
27_958B27_E9E1
Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC