Chinese symbol for “enlightened”
开明
kāi míng
Traditional: 開明
enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment
The closest CC-CEDICT match for enlightened is 开明 (kāi míng), defined as: enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “enlightened”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 启蒙 (啟蒙) | qǐ méng | to instruct the young; to initiate |
| 有道 | yǒu dào | to have attained the Way; (of a government or a ruler) enlightened |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 开明.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开始 (開始) | kāi shǐ | to begin; to start; beginning; start |
| 开发 (開發) | kāi fā | to exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop |
| 离开 (離開) | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 公开 (公開) | gōng kāi | open; overt; public; to make public; to release |
| 开放 (開放) | kāi fàng | to bloom; to open |
| 召开 (召開) | zhào kāi | to convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke |
| 说明 (說明) | shuō míng | to explain; to illustrate |
| 证明 (證明) | zhèng míng | proof; certificate |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.