Chinese Character Wiki

啓

qǐ

open

To knock 攵 at the door 户

Components
户 meaning component

户  Meaning component

hù

  

door

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

Evolution

啓 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
啓 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
啓 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啓 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
啓 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

啓  

qǐ

open; begin, commence; explain

启 (啓) 

qǐ

variant of 啟|启[qǐ]

Most common words with 啓
Freq.
Word
Meaning

启动

to start (a machine)

开启

to open

启发

to enlighten

启

to open

启示

to reveal

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.8645% of movies

1375th most common character in movies

1320th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Unicode

U+5553

Shuowen

“啟，教也。从攴，启聲。《論語》曰：‘不憤不啟。’”


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