# 啟 U+555F CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555F

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

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `啟` |
| Codepoint | U+555F |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555F |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `啟` `啟` |
| CSS | `\555F` |
| JavaScript | `\u555F` |
| UTF-8 | E5 95 9F |
| UTF-16 | 555F |
| Definition | open; begin |
| Mandarin | qǐ |
| Cantonese | kai2 |
| Japanese | KEI HIRAKU MOUSU |
| Korean | KYEY |

## Related characters

- 啞 [U+555E CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555E](https://unicodekit.com/char/555E)
- 啠 [U+5560 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5560](https://unicodekit.com/char/5560)
- 啝 [U+555D CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555D](https://unicodekit.com/char/555D)
- 啡 [U+5561 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5561](https://unicodekit.com/char/5561)
- 啜 [U+555C CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555C](https://unicodekit.com/char/555C)
- 啢 [U+5562 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5562](https://unicodekit.com/char/5562)
- 啛 [U+555B CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555B](https://unicodekit.com/char/555B)
- 啣 [U+5563 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5563](https://unicodekit.com/char/5563)
- 啚 [U+555A CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555A](https://unicodekit.com/char/555A)
- 啤 [U+5564 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5564](https://unicodekit.com/char/5564)
- 啙 [U+5559 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5559](https://unicodekit.com/char/5559)
- 啥 [U+5565 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5565](https://unicodekit.com/char/5565)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/555F · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/555F