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ι–‹
JLPT N4 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #59

Meanings

Open, Unfold, Unseal

Radicals

ι–€

Decomposition

βΏ΅ι–€εΌ€

Etymology

Pictophonetic: gate

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 vertical right-to-left
2 corner bottom-right-to-top-left
3 horizontal bottom-to-top
4 horizontal bottom-to-top
5 vertical right-to-left
6 hook right-to-left
7 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
8 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
10 horizontal bottom-to-top
11 diagonal bottom-right-to-top-left
12 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
γ‚«γ‚€ kai
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ひら hira
あ a

Words Using This Kanji

602 words total
Other (20 words)
ι–‹ι–‰ζ©‹ かいへいきょう

movable bridge

ι–‹δΌšεΌ かいかいしき

opening ceremony

ι–‹ε·» かいかん

opening a book

開閉器 かいへいき

switch

ι–‹θ₯Ÿ かいきん

unbuttoning a collar

ι–‹ζœ­ かいさ぀

opening or unsealing of bids

ι–‹ζ”Ύη΅ŒζΈˆ かいほうけいざい

open economy

ι–‹θ„š かいきゃく

spreading the legs (wide apart)

ι–‹θ…Ή かいちく

making an incision in the abdomen

ι–‹εΊ—δΌ‘ζ₯­ γ‹γ„γ¦γ‚“γγ‚…γ†γŽγ‚‡γ†

being open but having virtually no business

ι–‹ζžΆεΌ かいかしき

making materials in a library available in open stacks

ι–‹ι–‰ζ©Ÿ かいへいき

mechanical device for opening and closing (shutters, gates, etc.)

ι–‹δΌšζ—₯ かいかいび

opening day

開き封 ひらきちう

unsealed mail

ι–‹η₯¨ζ‰€ γ‹γ„γ²γ‚‡γ†γ˜γ‚‡

ballot-counting place

開腹手葓 γ‹γ„γ΅γγ—γ‚…γ˜γ‚…γ€

laparotomy (abdominal surgery)

θƒŒι–‹γ せびらき

slicing a fish down its back

情報公開法 γ˜γ‚‡γ†γ»γ†γ“γ†γ‹γ„γ»γ†

Freedom of Information Act

ζ•£ι–‹ さんかい

deployment

ι–‹ι™’ かいいん

opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.