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
开朗
kāilǎng
cheerful; open and optimistic
Characters in this word
朗 lǎng
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 她性格开朗，却并不轻率，遇到原则问题反而十分坚定。 Tā xìnggé kāilǎng, què bìng bù qīngshuài, yùdào yuánzé wèntí fǎn'ér shífēn jiāndìng. She is cheerful by nature, yet not rash; when it comes to matters of principle, she is actually very firm.
- 他是个开朗的人，走到哪里都带着笑声。 Tā shì ge kāilǎng de rén, zǒu dào nǎlǐ dōu dài zhe xiàoshēng. He is a cheerful person who brings laughter wherever he goes.
- 搬到新家以后，妈妈的心情变得开朗多了。 Bān dào xīn jiā yǐhòu, māma de xīnqíng biàn de kāilǎng duō le. After moving into the new home, Mum's mood became much brighter.
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