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开 kāi — “to open”

How to write and say the Chinese character 开 (kāi), which means to open — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Stroke order笔顺

开 is written with 4 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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