kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

bar (一) + two hands pushing (廾) = to open

Two hands (廾) push apart a horizontal bar (一), physically enacting the act of opening. The image is a door being unlatched and swung wide.

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A horizontal barSemantic
Two hands working togetherSemantic

Words with 开

遍地开花

biàn dì kāi huā

(idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale

避开

bì kāi

to avoid

重新开始

chóng xīn kāi shǐ

to resume; to restart; to start afresh

重新开机

chóng xīn kāi jī

to restart; to reboot

锯开

jù kāi

to saw

错开

cuò kāi

to stagger (times)

铁树开花

tiě shù kāi huā

lit. the iron tree blooms (idiom)

长开

zhǎng kāi

to grow into one's looks; (of a young person) to develop more attractive facial features as one grows older

门户开放

mén hù kāi fàng

open door policy

闪开

shǎn kāi

to get out of the way

开三次方

kāi sān cì fāng

(math.) to extract a cube root

开交

kāi jiāo

(used with negative) to conclude

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