Read Edit View history 啟 qǐQǐ open Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Depicts a hand (又) opening a door (户) of an opening (口). The 又 (hand) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component 攵. Pinyin Separate values with commas qǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 启 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 啟 Simp strokes 啟 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts an opening. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 啟 Simp strokes 啟 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint 攵 is a component form of 攴. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 啟 Simp strokes 啟 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 啟 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 277, 779 ], [ 360, 736 ], [ 397, 691 ] ], [ [ 261, 531 ], [ 270, 546 ], [ 290, 552 ], [ 434, 590 ], [ 458, 589 ], [ 490, 562 ], [ 462, 474 ], [ 437, 457 ] ], [ [ 245, 381 ], [ 258, 390 ], [ 426, 426 ], [ 479, 429 ], [ 501, 421 ] ], [ [ 186, 576 ], [ 215, 549 ], [ 222, 529 ], [ 216, 401 ], [ 196, 283 ], [ 169, 183 ], [ 141, 120 ], [ 105, 55 ], [ 54, -11 ] ], [ [ 245, 245 ], [ 252, 233 ], [ 283, 18 ] ], [ [ 273, 244 ], [ 287, 236 ], [ 387, 259 ], [ 421, 262 ], [ 431, 257 ], [ 451, 236 ], [ 432, 161 ], [ 409, 145 ] ], [ [ 301, 85 ], [ 315, 100 ], [ 400, 116 ], [ 464, 111 ] ], [ [ 636, 760 ], [ 665, 741 ], [ 680, 722 ], [ 670, 670 ], [ 637, 568 ], [ 595, 467 ], [ 544, 385 ] ], [ [ 625, 470 ], [ 636, 476 ], [ 715, 485 ], [ 853, 534 ], [ 912, 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311 573 253 558 C 224 550 226 516 255 525 Q 261 526 270 530 Q 433 572 443 564 Q 452 557 450 538 Q 443 492 431 451 C 423 422 471 420 480 449 Z", "M 238 374 Q 254 370 270 373 Q 342 392 499 411 Q 511 412 511 422 Q 511 431 480 449 C 466 458 460 457 431 451 Q 430 452 428 451 Q 325 421 242 405 C 213 399 209 380 238 374 Z", "M 253 558 Q 237 573 211 583 Q 193 593 181 588 Q 169 581 176 568 Q 194 541 191 467 Q 191 332 152 203 Q 119 110 53 2 Q 49 -5 46 -11 Q 45 -21 54 -19 Q 82 -13 149 92 Q 162 116 176 144 Q 215 237 238 374 L 242 405 Q 243 421 245 437 Q 248 504 255 525 C 261 552 261 552 253 558 Z", "M 225 204 Q 243 150 253 70 Q 254 39 271 18 Q 287 -3 293 12 Q 302 33 295 78 L 290 112 Q 280 196 278 220 C 276 242 276 242 262 247 Q 253 251 240 253 C 211 259 216 233 225 204 Z", "M 452 132 Q 468 198 488 220 Q 510 245 487 259 Q 468 271 441 288 Q 422 298 404 287 Q 365 265 262 247 C 232 242 248 215 278 220 Q 284 221 294 223 Q 339 232 377 239 Q 402 243 409 233 Q 416 229 411 196 Q 407 169 402 138 C 397 108 445 103 452 132 Z", "M 295 78 Q 301 78 309 80 Q 358 90 462 100 Q 472 101 474 111 Q 474 118 452 132 L 402 138 Q 399 139 397 138 Q 337 122 290 112 C 261 106 265 76 295 78 Z", "M 626 489 Q 674 588 698 653 Q 710 693 724 715 Q 731 728 723 740 Q 716 752 682 767 Q 651 779 633 774 Q 614 768 628 748 Q 658 709 606 555 Q 581 483 543 402 Q 536 389 535 383 Q 534 371 548 377 Q 569 386 616 468 L 626 489 Z", "M 727 464 Q 726 465 728 465 Q 911 522 918 527 Q 927 537 921 546 Q 911 558 880 562 Q 847 566 816 549 Q 777 533 734 517 Q 688 502 631 491 Q 627 491 626 489 C 597 480 592 479 616 468 Q 649 452 693 455 C 705 456 705 456 727 464 Z", "M 711 153 Q 763 241 774 365 Q 775 395 782 414 Q 786 427 777 435 Q 755 454 732 463 Q 729 464 727 464 C 699 475 685 480 693 455 Q 733 338 677 193 Q 676 193 675 190 L 650 151 Q 581 69 421 5 Q 411 4 407 -2 Q 401 -6 411 -10 Q 417 -11 431 -9 Q 534 10 605 52 Q 648 77 678 110 L 711 153 Z", "M 678 110 Q 792 -41 848 -51 Q 867 -52 984 -42 Q 999 -41 1013 -36 Q 1020 -29 1009 -19 Q 993 -9 867 40 Q 798 67 711 153 L 675 190 Q 638 233 598 286 Q 579 313 544 321 Q 532 324 522 317 Q 518 310 526 303 Q 533 296 541 290 Q 566 275 650 151 L 678 110 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.