Chinese symbol for “uncover”
揭开
jiē kāi
Traditional: 揭開
to uncover; to open
The closest CC-CEDICT match for uncover is 揭开 (jiē kāi), defined as: to uncover; to open.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “uncover”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 破获 (破獲) | pò huò | to uncover (a criminal plot); to break open and capture |
| 揪出 | jiū chū | to uncover; to ferret out (the culprit) |
| 揭破 | jiē pò | to uncover |
| 揭穿 | jiē chuān | to expose; to uncover |
| 侦破 (偵破) | zhēn pò | to investigate (as detective); to solve (crime) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 揭开.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 揭露 | jiē lù | to expose; to unmask |
| 揭示 | jiē shì | to reveal; to elucidate; to set forth; to articulate; to announce publicly; to promulgate |
| 揭秘 | jiē mì | to reveal a secret |
| 揭发 (揭發) | jiē fā | to expose; to bring to light |
| 揭晓 (揭曉) | jiē xiǎo | to announce publicly; to publish |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “uncover”.
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.