Read Edit View history Discussion 開 kāi HSK1 open Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (門). Pinyin Separate values with commas kāi × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 开 ×𫔭 × 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 開 Simp strokes 開 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a bolt on a door. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 開 Simp strokes 開 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 開 Simp strokes 開 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 開 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 191, 756 ], [ 218, 729 ], [ 230, 707 ], [ 234, 620 ], [ 230, 317 ], [ 202, 136 ], [ 203, 74 ] ], [ [ 260, 735 ], [ 277, 729 ], [ 347, 750 ], [ 388, 754 ], [ 410, 739 ], [ 419, 725 ], [ 392, 537 ], [ 385, 514 ], [ 370, 514 ] ], [ [ 263, 606 ], [ 269, 618 ], [ 287, 628 ], [ 310, 633 ], [ 342, 630 ] ], [ [ 260, 499 ], [ 278, 516 ], [ 357, 531 ] ], [ [ 587, 805 ], [ 614, 779 ], [ 628, 748 ], [ 630, 595 ], [ 641, 538 ] ], [ [ 651, 785 ], [ 661, 777 ], [ 681, 776 ], [ 795, 807 ], [ 815, 800 ], [ 843, 772 ], [ 848, 189 ], [ 844, 71 ], [ 824, 29 ], [ 793, 36 ], [ 714, 72 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