はる
カイ, ひら.く, ひら.き, -びら.き, ひら.ける, あ.く, あ.ける, か
open, unfold, unseal

This kanji has 12 strokes: 8 in the "gate" radical (もん) and 4 other strokes.

Sample compounds (42) :


  1. ひらく
    to open (e.g. a festival)
  2. ける
    ひらける
    to become civilized, to become opened up, be up-to-date

  3. かいへい
    extraction of square root

  4. りょうびらき
    double (two-leaf) door
  5. らく
    もうしひらく
    to explain, to justify

  6. はんかい
    semicivilized

  7. かいぎょう
    opening of business or practice

  8. みかい
    (a-no) savage land, backward region, uncivilized

  9. かいか
    civilization, enlightenment

  10. かいかい
    opening of a meeting

  11. ぜんかい
    (vs) opening fully, full throttle

  12. まえびらき
    open in front

  13. きりひらく
    to clear (land), to open up, to cut through

  14. かいさく
    excavation, cutting, digging

  15. そうかい
    grand opening

  16. ひらきなおる
    to become defiant, to turn upon, to become serious

  17. かいこう
    open mouth

  18. かいこく
    (vs) opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world

  19. かいえん
    garden opening

  20. かいじょう
    capitulation (of fort)

  21. かいし
    (vs) start, commencement, beginning

  22. かいきょく
    opening of post-office or telephone exchange

  23. てんかい
    (vs) develop, expansion (opposite of compression)

  24. みせびらき
    (vs) opening a store

  25. かいてい
    court session, trial

  26. だかい
    break in the deadlock

  27. かいほう
    (vs) open, throw open

  28. あけはなす
    (vt) to keep open, to leave open

  29. かいめい
    civilization, enlightenment

  30. かいこう
    open port, opening a port

  31. まんかい
    full bloom

  32. かいはつ
    development, exploitation

  33. かいそ
    (sect) founder, apostle, originator, inventor

  34. かいりゅう
    (vs) extraction of cubic root

  35. まくあけ
    beginning, opening (of play)

  36. かいひょう
    counting ballots

  37. みひらき
    two pages opposite each other

  38. かいせつ
    (vs) establishment, opening

  39. かいびゃく
    beginnings, creation, founding (of empire)

  40. かいいん
    opening congress, hospital opening

  41. かいちん
    (vs) stating, expressing (ones opinion)

  42. かいかん
    opening of new hall
Kanji Character : 開
Kuten Encoding : 1911
SJIS Encoding : 332b
Unicode Encoding : 958b
Old Nelson Index : 4950
Radical Number : 169
Frequency Ranking : 73
Gakken Index : 80
Grade Level : 3
Halpern Index : 3321
Heisig Index : 1622
Henshall Index : 241
New Nelson Index : 6393
O'Neil Index : 1821
Stroke Count : 12
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji Dictionary Index : 8e4.6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Radical Strokes : 8
Spahn & Hadamitzky Other Strokes : 4
Spahn & Hadamitzky Character ID : e
Spahn & Hadamitzky kanji Number : 6
Spahn & Hadamitzky Kanji & Kana Index : 396
SKIP Code : 3-8-4
De Roo Code : 3855
Four Corner Code : 7744.1
Korean reading : gae
Pinyin reading : kai1
Morohashi Index String : 41233
Morohashi Volume and Page String : 11.0711
Morohashi Index Number : 41233
Morohashi Page : 711
Morohashi Volume : 11
Cross Index Codes
  1. DR3853
Dictionary Codes
  1. R3855
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