開 open
- On'yomi
- カイ
- Kun'yomi
- あ-く、ひら-く、あ-ける
- Strokes
- 12
- JLPT
- N4
- Taught in
- Primary school, year 3
In the kun'yomi, the kana after a dash are written after the kanji (okurigana): あ-く.
Stroke order
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
Remember it
Two hands (开) reach up under the gate (門) and push both panels apart — the gate swings open.
A common word
- 開ける あける to open
Example sentences
窓を開けてください。
まどをあけてください。
Please open the window.
店は十時に開きます。
みせはじゅうじにひらきます。
The shop opens at ten.
Don't confuse it with
- 閑 leisure N1
Kanji that share a part
門 is its radical. 12 kanji share it in all.
- 間 interval
- 聞 hear
- 問 question
- 関 relate
- 閉 closed N3
- 閃 flash N1
- 閑 leisure N1
- 閣 tower N1
开 is a component.