Chinese Character Wiki
啟

qǐ

open

Depicts a hand (又) opening a door (户) of an opening (口). The 又 (hand) component was later reanalyzed as meaning component 攵.

Components
户 iconic component

户  Iconic component

hù

  

door

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts an opening.

攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

Evolution

啟 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
啟 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
啟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啟 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
啟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

启 (啟) 

qǐ

open; begin; to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform

启 (啟) 

Qǐ

Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yǔ], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xià​Cháo] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)

Most common words with 啟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

启动

to start (a machine)

开启

to open

启发

to enlighten

启

to open

启示

to reveal

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 21.8645% of movies

1375th most common character in movies

1320th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Simplified

启

Unicode

U+555F

Shuowen

“啟，教也。从攴，启聲。《論語》曰：‘不憤不啟。’”


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