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
开设
kāishè
to open a business or course
Characters in this word
设 shè
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 殳 tool, weapon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 学校计划下学期开设人工智能基础课程。 Xuéxiào jìhuà xià xuéqī kāishè réngōng zhìnéng jīchǔ kèchéng. The school plans to offer a basic artificial intelligence course next term.
- 他们在市中心开设了第二家分店。 Tāmen zài shì zhōngxīn kāishè le dì èr jiā fēndiàn. They opened a second branch in the city centre.
- 社区中心开设了免费的书法课。 Shèqū zhōngxīn kāishè le miǎnfèi de shūfǎ kè. The community centre has started a free calligraphy class.
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