Zi:启
启(F啟) [qǐ] open; begin/start; enlighten; 启发 arouse/inspire; (HDZ:) 啓/啟: 开; (简体) 啟
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►³qǐ 启[啟] {E} b.f. ①open (up) ►²qǐfēng 启封 ②enlighten; expound ►¹qǐméng 启蒙 ③state; inform ►²qǐshì 启事
The simple-form character 启 (7 strokes) is an old form and component of the full-form character 啟 (11 strokes).
Note: The full-form character 啟 is also sometimes wr. 啓; cf. 啟.
The Shuōwén Seal form of 启() qǐ ‘open (a door)’ combines 户/戶 (hù) ‘door’ (opening), and 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth/speak’ (opening); who is it? say who is at the door, or the password, and the door will open.
Note: SW classifies 启 under 口 (kǒu) ‘mouth’, not 户 (hù) ‘door’; cf. 啟/啓().
Compare: 开/開(𨵑) kāi ‘to open doors’ (double doors), by raising/lifting the bolt.
Note: 不愤不启 bùfènbùqǐ ‘enlighten only those eager to learn’.
“[启] To 口 open a 户 shutter” —Karlgren(AD).
►references: Guǎngyùn:269.50; Karlgren:AD336; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.594.10; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:178.21; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:061.1.07; Wáng(1993):135; EDOC:0
►components: 户口戶
►Cantonese: kai/
Shuōwén: (启)
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<comp char='户' uni='6237' variant='7' points='0,0 124,128' />
<comp char='口' uni='53E3' points='48,80 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='户' uni='6237' variant='7' points='0,0 114,128' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='d' points='62,0 84,18' />
<comp char='尸' uni='5C38' variant='6' points='0,22 128,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E609](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='尸' uni='5C38' variant='6' points='0,4 128,128' radical='K0'>
<comp char='' uni='EF70' points='20,0 128,38' />
<stroke type='sp' points='20,0 20,48 0,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF39](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='' uni='EF70' points='0,4 124,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='口' uni='53E3' points='24,24 104,104'>
<comp char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='0,0 128,128' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,128 128,128' head='cut' tail='cut' />
<!-- 2010-03-11T17:40:58Z -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='冂' uni='5182' variant='5' points='4,4 124,128'>
<stroke type='s' points='0,0 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='hz' points='0,0 128,0 128,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF7E](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+542F
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