开 kāi
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 廾 — two hands
- Made of
- 一 one 廾 two hands
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
开幕
kāimù
to open
Characters in this word
幕 mù
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 巾 — cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- Made of
- 莫 cannot 巾 cloth, curtain, handkerchief, towel
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 比赛今天开幕。 Bǐsài jīntiān kāimù. The competition opens today.
- 展会明天开幕。 Zhǎnhuì míngtiān kāimù. The exhibition opens tomorrow.
- 电影节开幕了。 Diànyǐngjié kāimù le. The film festival has opened.
Related words
- 打开 dǎkāi to open, to turn on
- 开 kāi to open; to drive; to turn on
- 开车 kāichē to drive a car
- 开会 kāihuì to have a meeting
- 开玩笑 kāiwánxiào to joke
- 分开 fēnkāi to separate; to part
- 开机 kāijī to turn on a device
- 开心 kāixīn happy
- 开学 kāixué to start school
- 离开 líkāi to leave
- 走开 zǒukāi to go away
- 公开 gōngkāi public; open