Memory phrase for the Kanji: 開


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Meaning open

Pronunciation

KAI
hiraku, akeru

Explanation

Outside: gate , inside: image of a toori , which is the entrance gate =とりい of a Shintō-shrine - both are symbols for being open

Mnemonic


 
A "toori"-gate is (always) open.

Radicals

gateThe radical mon ia the picture of a gate.
openImage of a toori, the entrance gate of a Shinto shrine, with a double traverse beam
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 Vocabulary

開ける あける  to open, to unwrap
開く ひらく  to open (e.g. a festival)
再開 さいかい  reopening, resumption, restarting
開発 かいはつ  development, exploitation
切開 せっかい  clearing (land), opening up, cutting through
展開 てんかい  develop, expansion (opposite of compression)
打開 だかい  break in the deadlock
未開 みかい  savage land, backward region, uncivilized
開会 かいかい  opening of a meeting


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