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Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
門 幵 ⿵門开
Mandarin
kai1, qian1
English
Definitions
to open; start; operate (vehicle); begin; to drive; initiate
Mnemonic
To raise the bar of the gate 門 with both hands 幵