开 kāi▶ buka

Stroke order

开 is written in 4 strokes.

• 开

Senses

1. to open (transitive or intransitive)
2. (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start
3. to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run
4. to boil
5. to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc)
6. (directional complement) away; off
7. carat (gold)

Example sentences

• 他开电视。Tā kāi diànshì.He turns on the TV.
• 请开电脑。Qǐng kāi diànnǎo.Please turn on the computer.

Related words

• 开始mulai
• 离开meninggalkan; cuti
• 开心Bahagia
• 开玩笑Mengolok-olok
• 公开buka
• 召开mengadakan

开 is pronounced kāi and means “buka”. You will meet it in HSK 1, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 开 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.