开
HSK 1 · Beginner
开 Stroke Order: How to Write 开
- Pinyin
- kāi
- Meaning
- to open; to drive
- Total strokes
- 4
More meanings
to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 开尔文; abbr. for 开本, book format
Preparing your character…
Every character begins with a single stroke.
One stroke at a time
4 strokes开 — 4 strokes
Radical: 廾 gǒng (two hands)
Strokes in order
- 1.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 2.横héng · Horizontal stroke
- 3.撇piě · Left-falling stroke
- 4.竖shù · Vertical stroke