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
开明
kāimíng
enlightened; open-minded
Characters in this word
明 míng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 一位开明的管理者不会把质疑视为冒犯，而会当作改进的契机。 Yí wèi kāimíng de guǎnlǐzhě bú huì bǎ zhìyí shìwéi màofàn, ér huì dàngzuò gǎijìn de qìjī. An enlightened manager does not regard questioning as offence, but as an opportunity for improvement.
- 我的父母很开明，从不干涉我选择专业。 Wǒ de fùmǔ hěn kāimíng, cóng bù gānshè wǒ xuǎnzé zhuānyè. My parents are open-minded and never interfere with my choice of major.
- 这位校长很开明，鼓励学生大胆提出自己的想法。 Zhè wèi xiàozhǎng hěn kāimíng, gǔlì xuésheng dàdǎn tíchū zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ. This headmaster is open-minded and encourages students to speak up boldly with their own ideas.
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