# 開 — Open

Frequency rank 124 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 相 (Mutual), less common than 切 (Cut).

- On’yomi: かい
- Kun’yomi: ひら、あ
- Radical: 門 Gate (Kangxi 169)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 3
- Strokes: 12

Two heavy wooden doors separate down the middle and swing outward.

In words:

- 開く あく — to open,to become open
- 開ける あける — to open
- 開始 かいし — start,commencement,beginning

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