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
开阔
kāikuò
wide; open; to broaden
Characters in this word
阔 kuò
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 登上山顶后，视野一下子开阔起来，远处的海岸线清晰可见。 Dēng shàng shāndǐng hòu, shìyě yíxiàzi kāikuò qǐlái, yuǎnchù de hǎi'ànxiàn qīngxī kě jiàn. After climbing to the summit, the view suddenly opened up, and the distant coastline became clearly visible.
- 这条江的江面很开阔，对岸几乎看不清。 Zhè tiáo jiāng de jiāngmiàn hěn kāikuò, duì'àn jīhū kàn bù qīng. The surface of this river is very wide, and the opposite bank can hardly be seen.
- 多出去旅行能开阔眼界，也能认识不同的人。 Duō chūqù lǚxíng néng kāikuò yǎnjiè, yě néng rènshi bù tóng de rén. Travelling more broadens your horizons and lets you meet different people.
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