Dong Chinese dictionary

qǐ

open

Depicts a hand (又) opening a door (户) of an opening (口). The 又 (hand) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component 攵.

Components

户 Iconic component

hù

door

口 Iconic component

kǒu

mouth

Depicts an opening.

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qǐ

open; begin; to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform

Qǐ

Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yǔ], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[XiàCháo] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

Most common words with 啟

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