啓 Kanji for open

N1Grade 811 strokes

open, disclose, say

Kun: ひら.く、さと.す
On: ケイ

啓 is the Japanese kanji for open, disclose, say. It is written with 11 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is ひら.く、さと.す and its on reading is ケイ.

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Words with 啓

啓けい発はつenlightenment, development, edification
啓けい蒙もうenlightenment, illumination
拝はい啓けいDear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam
啓けい示じ(divine) revelation
啓けい蟄ちつ"awakening of insects" solar term (approx. March 6, the day on which hibernating insects are said to come out of the ground)

Practice 啓 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.