Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

啓: disclose, open

Also: say

JLPT N111 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

口 carries the meaning · 戸 and 攵 are drawn in

11 strokes

One reading, and the words that use it

ケイkei · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 啓発けいはつenlightenment; development; edification
  • 拝啓はいけいDear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam
  • 啓示けいじ(divine) revelation

Also read ひらく, さとす, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
More in the 口 mouth story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
戸

Also built on door (戸)

All 9
攵

Also built on to strike (攵)

All 26
口

Also built on mouth (口)

All 108

Also read ケイ

41 kanji share this on'yomiAll 41
In ChineseSimplified 启 · traditional, as in Japanese · qǐ

Japan keeps the traditional form 啓; mainland China simplifies it to 启.

Simplified
启 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
啓 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin qǐ most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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