启
qǐ HSK5

open

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approved by Prismcool · May 10, 2024, 03:29 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on May 10, 2024, 03:29 AM

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Simplified form of 啟. Depicts a hand (又) opening a door (户) of an opening (口). The 又 (hand) component was later removed for simplification.

Components

户
户 Iconic component
口
口 Iconic component

Depicts an opening.

又
又 Deleted component

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhejXkʰˤijʔ open (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“启,開也。从戶,从口。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica