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启

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

7 strokes Dict coverage rank #1,454 U+542F

How 启 is formed

Ideographic compound (会意字)

A door 户 being opened 口

components: 户 口

How to remember it

enlighten · Heisig RSH #2152

户 door + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 启

WordPinyinMeaning
重新启动 chóng xīn qǐ dòng to reboot; to restart
启德机场 Qǐ dé Jī chǎng Kai Tak Airport, international airport of Hong Kong from 1925 to 1998
启动子 qǐ dòng zi promoter
启动区 qǐ dòng qū boot sector (computing)
启发法 qǐ fā fǎ heuristic method; heuristics
启蒙主义 Qǐ méng zhǔ yì Enlightenment (philosophy)
启东市 Qǐ dōng Shì Qidong, a county-level city in Nantong City 南通市[Nan2 tong1 Shi4], Jiangsu
明天启 Míng Tiān qǐ Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (160…
启发式 qǐ fā shì heuristic
启明星 qǐ míng xīng (astronomy) Venus
启海话 Qǐ hǎi huà Qihai dialect, a Wu dialect spoken in Tongzhou, Haimen, and Qidong districts in southern J…
承前启后 chéng qián qǐ hòu to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition; forming…
冷启动 lěng qǐ dòng to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)
难以启齿 nán yǐ qǐ chǐ to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom); to find it hard to speak about sth
承先启后 chéng xiān qǐ hòu see 承前啟後|承前启后[cheng2 qian2 qi3 hou4]
自启 zì qǐ (of a machine, app etc) to start on its own; to autostart
启动 qǐ dòng to start (a machine); (fig.) to set in motion; to launch (an operation); to activate (a pl…
启发 qǐ fā to enlighten; to explain (a text etc); to stimulate (a mental attitude); enlightenment; re…
启事 qǐ shì announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website); to post information; a…
开启 kāi qǐ to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc); (computing) to enable (a f…