# 开 U+5F00 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F00

A Chinese character meaning “open; initiate, begin, start”, read kāi in Mandarin.

| | |
|---|---|
| Character | `开` |
| Codepoint | U+5F00 |
| Name | CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F00 |
| Block | [CJK Unified Ideographs](https://unicodekit.com/block/cjk-unified-ideographs) |
| Script | Han |
| Category | Other Letter (Lo) |
| Unicode version | 1.1 |
| HTML | `开` `开` |
| CSS | `\5F00` |
| JavaScript | `\u5F00` |
| UTF-8 | E5 BC 80 |
| UTF-16 | 5F00 |
| Definition | open; initiate, begin, start |
| Mandarin | kāi |
| Cantonese | hoi1 |

## Related characters

- 廿 [U+5EFF CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFF](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFF)
- 弁 [U+5F01 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F01](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F01)
- 廾 [U+5EFE CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFE](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFE)
- 异 [U+5F02 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F02](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F02)
- 廽 [U+5EFD CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFD](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFD)
- 弃 [U+5F03 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F03](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F03)
- 廼 [U+5EFC CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFC](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFC)
- 弄 [U+5F04 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F04](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F04)
- 廻 [U+5EFB CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFB](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFB)
- 弅 [U+5F05 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F05](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F05)
- 建 [U+5EFA CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFA](https://unicodekit.com/char/5EFA)
- 弆 [U+5F06 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5F06](https://unicodekit.com/char/5F06)

Page: https://unicodekit.com/char/5F00 · JSON: https://unicodekit.com/characters/5F00