HSK 1 · Seeing & hearing

打开

dǎ kāi

to open; to turn on

Stroke order of 打开

2 characters, 9 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

打 · 5 strokes 开 · 4 strokes

Memory trick

打 is a hand 扌 striking a nail 丁; 开 shows a gate bar lifted, swinging open.

Parts: 打 hit + 开 open

The characters in 打开

打 dǎ — to hit; to play (a sport) (5 strokes)
开 kāi — to open; to drive (4 strokes)

Example sentence

请打开窗户。

Please open the window.

Words with 打

打电话to make a phone call 打车to take a taxi 打球to play ball 打to hit; to play (a sport)打印to print 打工to do odd jobs; to work part-time 打算to plan; plan 打篮球to play basketball 打听to ask about 打破to break 打扫to clean; to sweep

Words with 开

开会to have a meeting 开车to drive 开to open; to drive 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 开to open; to drive 关to close; to turn off 关上to close; to turn off 等to wait 帮to help 帮忙to help; to do a favor

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