開く

Meanings

1. to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
2. to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
3. to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
4. to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
5. to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open

Part of speech: godan verb (く), intransitive, transitive

Kanji

• 開

  Meanings

  open, unfold, unseal

  On reading

  カイ

  Kun reading

  ひら.く、ひら.き、-びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.ける

  Strokes

  12

Example sentences

• 先週、私達は舞踏会を開きました。

  We gave a ball last week.

  Tatoeba #141861 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 庭のバラの木のつぼみが少しずつ開き始める。

  Little by little, the buds on the rosebush in my garden begin to open.

  Tatoeba #125506 · CC BY 2.0 FR