4 strokes12 strokes
Character #37 · The First 1000
开 (開) kāi meaning: open
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
- Strokes
- 412
- TraditionalSimplified
- 開 开
- Poster cell
- I2
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02 练习纸
Free printable · One page
Practice writing 开開
Write 开開 in the grey model box at the start of each row and its pinyin, kāi, on the lines above. Then copy it across the row, following the stroke order above.
Nine rows of field-grid squares, 15 mm. More about this sheet 03 千字海报
04 问答
Quick answers
- What does 开 mean in English?
- 开 (kāi) means "open": to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start.
- How do you pronounce 开?
- 开 is pronounced kāi in pinyin, with the first (high, level) tone. In Zhuyin (bopomofo) it is written ㄎㄞ.
- How many strokes does 开 have?
- The simplified form, 开, has 4 strokes. The traditional form, 開, has 12.
- What is the traditional form of 开?
- The traditional form of 开 is 開. 开 is the simplified form, used in mainland China and Singapore; 開 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau.
- What are common words with 开?
- Common words that use 开 include 打开 (dǎkāi, to open), 开会 (kāihuì, to hold a meeting), 开车 (kāichē, to drive a car), 离开 (líkāi, to depart).
- How common is 开?
- 开 is number 37 of the 1,000 most common Chinese characters, in cell I2 of The First 1000 poster.
Definitions and word glosses adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License), animated with Hanzi Writer.