Translingual

Han character

啓 (radical 30 口+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹大口 (HKR) or 戈大口 (IKR) or X竹大口 (XHKR), composition ⿱𢼄口)

1. open
2. begin, commence
3. explain

References

• KangXi: page 195, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3820
• Dae Jaweon: page 416, character 16
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 646, character 12
• Unihan data for U+5553

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 啟)

Readings

• Goon: け (ke)
• Kan’on: けい (kei)
• Kun: ひらく (hiraku), もうす (mousu)

Proper noun

啓 ‎(hiragana けい, romaji Kei)

1. A male given name

Korean

Hanja

啓 • ‎(gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune-Reischauer kye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

啓 (khải, kiết)

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