开 kāi HSK1 open Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: carat All meanings 5,274 kāi 5,274 to start 2,143[away/open] 1,699to open 879to operate 366to set up 93to dismiss 52to hold 47to write out 10to pay 10to reclaim 5to boil 4[opening/continuation] 3carat 1 Some sentences contain multiple meanings of 开, so totals are smaller than the sum of items. 1 sentence for 开 (kāi — carat) 我这个项链不太贵,是18开金的。 wǒ zhège xiàngliàn bù tài guì, shì18 kāijīn de. This necklace of mine is not very expensive, it is 18-karat gold. Source: UM-Corpus: Education