啟
Information about character(s)
Radical: 攴Radical Strokes: 4
Additional Strokes: 7
Total Strokes: 11
Simplified Form: 启
Variants: 啓
Pronunciation
Pinyin: qǐCantonese: kai2
JapaneseKun: HIRAKU MOUSU
JapaneseOn: KEI
Korean: KYEY
Dictionary definitions
Unicode: open; beginCE-Dict: to open/to start/to initiate/to enlighten or awaken/to state/to inform
Soothill: To open, begin, inform.
English-Chinse-English Dictionary of Buddhist terms (Stardict): To teach, enlighten, open up, clarify, explain.
21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.[Formal] to open
2.[Formal] to begin
3.[Formal] to enlighten
4.[Formal] (in letters) to state; to inform
5.[Formal] a note; a letter
朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: open; start
懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: open; start
說文解字 - Shuowen: 《攴部》啟 教也。从攴启聲。《論語》曰:“不憤不啟。”
CF-Dict: ouvrir/expliquer, instruire/commencer
Han-De-Dict: anfangen, beginnen (u.E.)/anfangen, eröffnen (u.E.)