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𫔭

kāi

open

Variant of 開. Pictograph of two hands (廾) opening the bolt (一) on a door (门).

Components
门 iconic component

门  Iconic component

mén

  

door

◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts a bolt on a door.

廾 iconic component

廾  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

𫔭 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𫔭 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
𫔭 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
𫔭 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

𫔭 (開) 

kāi

open; initiate, begin, start

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

開

Unicode

U+2B52D
Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.836



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