開 — Chinese character
開
kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Radical
- 169 ⾨ (Gate)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 門 开
- Formation
- pictophonetic — gate; meaning component 門; sound component 开
- Simplified
- 开 𫔭
- Japanese
- 開 as a kanji
開 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 3 · Analects 1 · Art of War 2 · I Ching 1 · Zhuangzi 15
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 27
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 52
- Analects 5.5
- Art of War 11.65
- Art of War 11.68
- Hexagram 7
- Zhuangzi The Identity of Contraries
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