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Chinese symbol for “openness”

开放性
kāi fàng xìng
Traditional: 開放性
openness

The closest CC-CEDICT match for openness is 开放性 (kāi fàng xìng), defined as: openness.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

开 kāi
to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
radical 55 ⼶ · 4 strokes
放 fàng
to release, to liberate, to free
radical 66 ⽁ · 8 strokes
性 xìng
sex, nature, character; suffix converting a verb to an adjective
radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “openness”

WordPinyinMeaning
透明度tòu míng dùtransparency; (policy of) openness

Related words

Other words that share a character with 开放性.

WordPinyinMeaning
开始 (開始)kāi shǐto begin; to start; beginning; start
开发 (開發)kāi fāto exploit (a resource); to open up (for development); to develop
离开 (離開)lí kāito depart; to leave
公开 (公開)gōng kāiopen; overt; public; to make public; to release
开放 (開放)kāi fàngto bloom; to open
召开 (召開)zhào kāito convene (a conference or meeting); to convoke
放弃 (放棄)fàng qìto renounce; to abandon; to give up
播放bō fàngto broadcast; to transmit (by radio or TV)
女性nǚ xìngwoman; the female sex

See also: Japanese symbol for “openness”.

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.

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