Chinese symbol for “opening”
开局
kāi jú
Traditional: 開局
opening (chess etc); early stage of game, match, work, activity etc
The closest CC-CEDICT match for opening is 开局 (kāi jú), defined as: opening (chess etc); early stage of game, match, work, activity etc.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “opening”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揭幕 | jiē mù | opening; unveiling |
| 职缺 (職缺) | zhí quē | (job) opening |
| 豁 | huō | opening; stake all |
| 布局 (佈局) | bù jú | arrangement; composition |
| 口子 | kǒu zi | hole; opening |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 开局.
| 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 |
| 当局 (當局) | dāng jú | authorities |
| 局长 (局長) | jú zhǎng | bureau chief; measure word: 位 (wèi), 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “opening”.
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.