HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

开

kāi

to open; to drive

Stroke order of 开

开 is written with 4 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Two hands "廾" lift the bar "一" off the gate to open it.

Parts: 一 bar + 廾 two hands

Example sentence

请开门。

Please open the door.

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 打开to open; to turn on 开玩笑to joke 开学school starts 开机to turn on (a device)开心happy 离开to leave 走开to go away 分开to separate 开业to open for business 推开to push open 公开open; to make public 开始to start; beginning 开发to develop 开放to open; open 开展to carry out; to launch 展开to unfold; to launch

More words: Seeing & hearing

看to look; to watch; to read 看见to see 看到to see 听to listen; to hear 听见to hear 听到to hear 见to see; to meet 见面to meet; to see each other 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 打开to open; to turn on 等to wait 帮to help 帮忙to help; to do a favor

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