12 strokes

open, unfold, unseal

Kunひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.ける
Onカイ

Radicals

Common words

  • 開始かいし
    start, commencement, beginning, initiation
  • 開くひらく
    to open, to undo, to unseal, to unpack, to bloom, to unfold, to spread out, to open (for business, e.g. in the morning), to be wide (gap, etc.), to widen, to hold (meeting, party, etc.), to give, to open, to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.), to open (a new business), to set up, to establish, to start, to open (ports, borders, etc.), to open (an account), to open up (new land, path, etc.), to clear, to develop, to open (a file, etc.), to extract (root), to reduce (equation), to cut open (fish), to change (kanji into hiragana), to flare (e.g. skirt), to slacken (into a poor posture)
  • 開くあく
    to open (e.g. doors), to open (e.g. business, etc.), to be empty, to be vacant, to be available, to be free, to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.), to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to come to an end, to open (one's eyes, mouth, etc.), to have a hole, to form a gap, to have an interval (between events)
  • 開けるはだける
    to open (e.g. one's robe), to bare (e.g. one's chest), to expose, to open up (of clothing), to be exposed, to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.), to stretch
  • 開けるあける
    to open (a door, etc.), to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package), to unlock, to open (for business, etc.), to empty, to remove, to make space, to make room, to move out, to clear out, to be away from (e.g. one's house), to leave (temporarily), to dawn, to grow light, to end (of a period, season), to begin (of the New Year), to leave (one's schedule) open, to make time (for), to make (a hole), to open up (a hole)
  • 開けるひらける
    to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.), to spread out, to become clear (of a road, visibility, etc.), to open up, to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.), to get better, to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.), to become civilized, to modernize, to grow, to advance (of knowledge, ideas, etc.), to be sensible, to be understanding, to be enlightened, to open (of a new road, railway, etc.), to be opened to traffic, to become populous, to become densely built, to become bustling
  • 開発かいはつ
    development, exploitation (of resources)
  • 展開てんかい
    development, evolution, progression, unfolding, (plot) twist, expansion, spreading out, extending, deployment, building up, expansion (of an algebraic expression), development (of a three-dimensional shape), extraction (of compressed data), decompression, unpacking
  • 開閉かいへい
    opening and shutting, opening and closing
  • 公開こうかい
    opening to the public, making available to the public, exhibiting, unveiling, release (of a film, information, etc.), disclosure, publication
  • 再開さいかい
    reopening, resumption, restarting
  • 開放かいほう
    opening (a door, window, etc.), leaving open, opening up (e.g. to the public), allowing (public) access
  • 開幕かいまく
    raising the curtain, opening (of an event), start, beginning
  • 開会かいかい
    opening of a meeting
  • 開票かいひょう
    counting ballots, tally (of votes)
  • 開示かいじ
    release (e.g. information), disclosure (legal), show, indication, display
  • 開設かいせつ
    establishment, opening, setting up, inauguration
  • 打開だかい
    break in the deadlock
  • 開戦かいせん
    outbreak of war, starting a war
  • 開きひらき
    opening, gap, dried and opened fish
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