Shareables · HSK 2 · 形 · Easy to confuse
形近 · Characters that look like 开
开 next to 介、升、丹 — one stroke apart, nothing else in common.
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开kāito open (transitive or intransitive)/(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start/to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/(directional complement) away; off/carat (gold)/abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文
形近字 · LOOK ALIKE, READ DIFFERENTLY
Same shape at a glance. Different sound, different meaning.
| Character | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive)/(of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start/to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run/to boil/to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)/(directional complement) away; off/carat (gold)/abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文 |
| 介 | jiè | to introduce/to lie between/between/shell/armor |
| 升 | shēng | to ascend/to rise to the rank of/to promote/to hoist/liter/measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗/variant of 升/variant of 升 |
| 丹 | dān | red/pellet/powder/cinnabar |
| 井 | jǐng | Jing, one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy/surname Jing/a well/neat/orderly |
| 卉 | huì | plants |
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