IDENTITY
开kāito open; to start; to drive
HSK 1Top 100
CORE MEANING
to open; to start; to drive
- Part of speech
- verb
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.to openHSK1
- 2.to driveHSK1
- 3.to start; to hold (a meeting)HSK2
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 廾two hands radical (gǒng)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱一廾
- two hands
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
开始kāishǐto begin
开门kāiménto open the door
开心kāixīnhappy
Graded examples
商店九点开门。Shāngdiàn jiǔ diǎn kāimén.HSK2
The shop opens at nine.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 并
LEARNING
Memory aid
Two hands (廾) lifting the bar (一) off the gate — to open. (From 開.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #100
- Memory aid
- imagery
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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