Zi:开

开(F​開) [kāi] open; 开​始 begin/start [kai] ​躲开, ​让开 [qiān] [jiān] cf. ​幵

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The simple-form character 开 (4 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character ​開 (12 strokes), keeping the inner part 开, but omitting the rest ​門 (8 strokes).
    Note: In the simple form 开, the full-form component ​門 ‘door’ is completely omitted (it is wide open); in the non-standard simple-form variant ​𫔭 the full-form component ​門 is simplified to ​门 instead of simply omitted (as might have been expected).
    The full-form character ​開 is itself an abbrev. of older forms, replacing the old component ​幵 (6 strokes) with 开 (4 strokes).
    The Shuōwén Seal form of ​開 kāi ‘to open doors’ combines ​門 (mén) ‘double doors’, and 开(​幵) qiān ‘level/balanced’ (phonetic); formerly also wr. ​𨵑, in which the inner part was not 开(​幵) qiān, but ​廾 ‘upraised/respectful hands’ lifting the ​一 bolt from the ​門 ‘door’.
    Compare: ​開/​岍 qiān (a mountain pass), formerly wr. ​幵 (DYC).
    Compare: 开(​幵) qiān ‘level/balanced’; ​并(​𢆙​幷) bìng ‘combine’.
    Compare: ​闩/​閂 shuān ‘door bolt/latch’ (​拴/​栓/​𢩠/​𣟴); ​𨳏(​𨳌).
    Compare: ​闿/​闓 kǎi ‘to open doors’, syn. ​開 kāi (SW).
    Compare: ​闢 pì ‘open’, formerly wr. ​𨳟(​𨴔) with ​𡴂 pān, not ​𠬞.
►references: Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.514.3; Lindqvist:288; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:005.0.06; Wáng(1993):135; EDOC:0
►components: ​一​廾​
►Cantonese: hoi\
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Unicode: U+5F00
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