# 啓 U+5553 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5553

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

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `啓` |
| Codepoint | U+5553 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5553 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `啓` `啓` |
| CSS | `\5553` |
| JavaScript | `\u5553` |
| UTF-8 | E5 95 93 |
| UTF-16 | 5553 |
| Definition | open; begin, commence; explain |
| Mandarin | qǐ |
| Cantonese | kai2 |
| Japanese | KEI HIRAKU MOUSU |
| Korean | KYEY |

## Related characters

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- 啔 [U+5554 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5554](https://unicodekit.com/char/5554)
- 啑 [U+5551 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5551](https://unicodekit.com/char/5551)
- 啕 [U+5555 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5555](https://unicodekit.com/char/5555)
- 啐 [U+5550 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5550](https://unicodekit.com/char/5550)
- 啖 [U+5556 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5556](https://unicodekit.com/char/5556)
- 問 [U+554F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554F](https://unicodekit.com/char/554F)
- 啗 [U+5557 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5557](https://unicodekit.com/char/5557)
- 啎 [U+554E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554E](https://unicodekit.com/char/554E)
- 啘 [U+5558 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5558](https://unicodekit.com/char/5558)
- 啍 [U+554D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-554D](https://unicodekit.com/char/554D)
- 啙 [U+5559 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5559](https://unicodekit.com/char/5559)

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