— open, unfold, unseal

  • JLPT N4
  • 12 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 門
  • #59 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi
カイ
Kun'yomi
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける

Example words

  • 開発かいはつdevelopment; exploitation
  • 開催かいさいholding a meeting; open an exhibition
  • 開始かいしstart; commencement; beginning; initiation
  • 開放かいほうopen; throw open; liberalization; liberalisation
  • 公開こうかいopen to the public; exhibit
  • 展開てんかい(1) development; evolution; unfolding (2) expansion; deployment; building up
  • 開会かいかいopening of a meeting
  • 開拓かいたく(1) reclamation (of wasteland); cultivation (2) pioneering; pathfinding; trail-blazing