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開 ひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.ける open, unfold, unseal 4 59 12 169 もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ 会意 Compound Ideographic Sure you can squeeze through these gates by kicking them or pushing them with your body, but if you want to get them wide open, you need to do that with both your hands.

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カイ はる, か, ひらき 開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition開始(かいし): start; commencement; beginning; initiation開放(かいほう): open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit展開(てんかい): (1) development; evolution; unfolding (2) expansion; deployment; building up開会(かいかい): opening of a meeting開拓(かいたく): (1) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation (2) pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing開ける(あける): (1) to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package) (2) to open (for business, etc.) (3) to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room (4) to dawn; to grow light (5) to end開く(あく): (1) to open (e.g. doors) (2) to open (e.g. business, etc.) (3) to be empty (4) to be vacant; to be available; to be free (5) to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) (6) to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (7) to come to an end (8) to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (9) to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events)打開(だかい): break in the deadlock開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active未開(みかい): savage land; backward region; uncivilized; uncivilised開く(ひらく): (1) to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.) (2) to spread out; to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.); to widen (gap, distance, width) (3) to hold; to give (party, conference, etc.)切開(せっかい): incision; operation; section 3 門: gate; counter for cannons幵: put together 門 8 (none) open To open the gate, use your both hands.

Kanji	開
Onyomi	カイ
Kunyomi	ひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.ける
Nanori	はる, か, ひらき
English	open, unfold, unseal
Examples	開発(かいはつ): development; exploitation 開催(かいさい): holding a meeting; open an exhibition 開始(かいし): start; commencement; beginning; initiation 開放(かいほう): open; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation 公開(こうかい): open to the public; exhibit 展開(てんかい): (1) development; evolution; unfolding (2) expansion; deployment; building up 開会(かいかい): opening of a meeting 開拓(かいたく): (1) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation (2) pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing 開ける(あける): (1) to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package) (2) to open (for business, etc.) (3) to empty; to clear out; to make space; to make room (4) to dawn; to grow light (5) to end 開く(あく): (1) to open (e.g. doors) (2) to open (e.g. business, etc.) (3) to be empty (4) to be vacant; to be available; to be free (5) to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.) (6) to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (7) to come to an end (8) to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.) (9) to have a hole; to form a gap; to have an interval (between events) 打開(だかい): break in the deadlock 開通(かいつう): opening; open; taking effect; becoming active 未開(みかい): savage land; backward region; uncivilized; uncivilised 開く(ひらく): (1) to open (e.g. a bank-account, festival, etc.) (2) to spread out; to open up (flower bud, umbrella, etc.); to widen (gap, distance, width) (3) to hold; to give (party, conference, etc.) 切開(せっかい): incision; operation; section
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	59
Components	門: gate; counter for cannons 幵: put together
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	門
Radical Number	169
Radical Strokes	8
Radical Reading	もん・もんがまえ・かどがまえ
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	open
Koohii Story 1	Sure you can squeeze through these gates by kicking them or pushing them with your body, but if you want to get them wide open, you need to do that with both your hands.
Koohii Story 2	To open the gate, use your both hands.

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