启 — Chinese character
启
qǐ
to open; to begin, to commence; to explain
- Pinyin
- qǐ
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 7
- Components
- 户 口
- Formation
- ideographic — A door 户 being opened 口
- Traditional
- 啓 啟
Common words with 启
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 启动 (啟動) | qǐ dòng | to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion |
| 开启 (開啟) | kāi qǐ | to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 启用 (啟用) | qǐ yòng | to start using; (computing) to enable (a feature) |
| 启发 (啟發) | qǐ fā | to enlighten; to explain (a text etc) |
| 启蒙 (啟矇) | qǐ méng | variant of 启蒙 (qǐ méng); to instruct the young |
| 启蒙 (啟蒙) | qǐ méng | to instruct the young; to initiate |
| 启示 (啟示) | qǐ shì | to reveal; to enlighten |
| 重启 (重啟) | chóng qǐ | to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc) |
| 启程 (啟程) | qǐ chéng | to set out on a journey |
| 启迪 (啟迪) | qǐ dí | to edify; enlightenment |
| 启航 (啟航) | qǐ háng | (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off |
| 重新启动 (重新啟動) | chóng xīn qǐ dòng | to reboot; to restart |
English words written with 启
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.