# 启 U+542F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542F

A Chinese character meaning “open; begin, commence; explain”, read qǐ in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `启` |
| Codepoint | U+542F |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542F |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `启` `启` |
| CSS | `\542F` |
| JavaScript | `\u542F` |
| UTF-8 | E5 90 AF |
| UTF-16 | 542F |
| Definition | open; begin, commence; explain |
| Mandarin | qǐ |
| Cantonese | kai2 |
| Japanese | KEI HIRAKU |
| Korean | KYEY |

## Related characters

- 吮 [U+542E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542E](https://unicodekit.com/char/542E)
- 吰 [U+5430 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5430](https://unicodekit.com/char/5430)
- 吭 [U+542D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542D](https://unicodekit.com/char/542D)
- 吱 [U+5431 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5431](https://unicodekit.com/char/5431)
- 听 [U+542C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542C](https://unicodekit.com/char/542C)
- 吲 [U+5432 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5432](https://unicodekit.com/char/5432)
- 含 [U+542B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542B](https://unicodekit.com/char/542B)
- 吳 [U+5433 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5433](https://unicodekit.com/char/5433)
- 吪 [U+542A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-542A](https://unicodekit.com/char/542A)
- 吴 [U+5434 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5434](https://unicodekit.com/char/5434)
- 吩 [U+5429 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5429](https://unicodekit.com/char/5429)
- 吵 [U+5435 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5435](https://unicodekit.com/char/5435)

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