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開

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開 Open, Unfold, Unseal

On'yomi Chinese-derived reading

かい

Mostly used when 開 combines with other kanji in compound words.

Kun'yomi native Japanese reading

ひらく、ひらき、-びらき、ひらける、あく、あける

Mostly used when 開 stands alone; the lighter kana are written after the kanji.

Strokes
12
JLPT
N4
Taught in
Primary year 3
Frequency
#59

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Kanji readings, meanings and frequency from KANJIDIC2, © Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. JLPT levels from Jonathan Waller's JLPT resources (CC BY).