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开 kāi open

Someone removes the bolt of a door, which is drawn as a one (一 yī one), whereupon he pushes it open by using his two hands (廾 gǒng two hands).

New character and 400 most important characters.
白开水	báikāi shuǐ		white, open, water	plain boiled water	_
开	kāi		open	open, to start	_
开动	kāidòng		open, move	set in motion, start	_
开发	kāifā		open, launch	develop, exploit	_
开放	kāifàng		open, release	open, lift a ban, hand over a government monopoly to private operations, come into bloom	_
开始	kāishǐ		open, begin	begin, start	_
开水	kāishuǐ		open, water	plain hot water	_
开通	kāitōng		open, go through	open up	_
开心	kāixīn		open, heart	happy	_
开着	kāizhe		open, continue particle	open	_
离开	líkāi		leave, open	go away, leave	_
笑口常开	xiàokǒu chángkāi		laugh, mouth, often, open	to grin all the time	_
张开	zhāngkāi		spread, open	spread, open	_

New character and 800 most important characters.
打开	dǎkāi		hit, open	open, unfold, turn on, switch on	_
公开	gōngkāi		public, open	make public, public	_
开车	kāichē		open, car	start a car, drive a car	_
开店	kāidiàn		open, store	open a store, run a store	_
开关	kāiguān		open, shut	switch	_
开门	kāimén		open, door	open door	_
开云见日	kāiyún jiànrì		open, cloud, see, sun	disperse the clouds and see the sun, clear a misunderstanding	_
跑开	pǎokāi		run, open	run away	_

New character and 1200 most important characters.
解开	jiěkāi		separate, open	untie, undo	_
开幕	kāimù		open, curtain	raise the curtain, open, inaugurate a meeting	_
开瓶器	kāipíng qì		open, bottle, utensil	bottle opener	_
开展	kāizhǎn		open, spread out	launch, carry out	_

New character and 2000 most important characters.
拉开	lákāi		slit, open	open, space out	_
盛开	shèngkāi		flourishing, open	in full bloom	_

New character and 2400 most important characters.
开阔	kāikuò		open, wide	open, wide, tolerant, liberal, to widen	_
开朗	kāilǎng		open, bright	open and clear, sanguine, cheerful, optimistic	_
开辟	kāipì		open, open up	open up	_

New character and 2800 most important characters.
叉开	chǎkāi		part, open	part	_
抹不开	mòbù kāi		plaster, not, open	feel embarrassed	_
睁开	zhēngkāi		open the eyes, open	open the eyes	_
煮开	zhǔkāi		boil, open	to boil	_

New character and 3200 most important characters.
扒开	bākāi		push aside, open	flick off, push aside	_
绷开	bèngkāi		split open, open	split open	_
敞开	chǎngkāi		open, open	open up wide	_