Conjugation
Tap for 開く (unfold)
Tap for 開ける (open)
- 開会 — opening a meeting
- 開店 — store opening
- 公開 — making public
- 開発 — development
- 打開 — breakthrough
- 展開 — unfolding, development
More examples - tap to expand
- 開花 — blooming, flourishing
- 開示 — disclosure, revelation
- 開眼 — enlightenment; opening one’s eyes
- 開通 — opening (of a road, railway, etc.)
- 開設 — establishment, opening (an office, etc.)
- 開幕 — opening (of an event or play)
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 切り開く — to clear (a path); to cut open
- 押し開ける — to push open
- こじ開ける — to pry open
- 見開く — to open (eyes) wide
The character combines the radical for "gate" (門) with a hand-like element, expressing the act of opening a gate — symbolizing beginning, releasing, or making accessible.
