打开
HSK 2 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
打开 (dǎkāi) · to open
打开 (dǎkāi) means “to open”. It is written with 2 characters: 打 (to play (ball)) + 开 (to open). It is an HSK 2 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 打开 is built
The characters
打 dǎ · to play (ball)
What 打 is made of
- 扌shǒu — hand
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 二 — two strokes
- 丁dīng — male adult
Origin hint: 扌 gives the meaning, 丁 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
开 kāi · to open
What 开 is made of
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 廾gǒng — two hands
Origin hint: Simplified form of 開; hands 廾 lifting the latch 一 of a door (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请打开书。Qǐng dǎkāi shū.Please open your books.
你能打开门吗？Nǐ néng dǎkāi mén ma?Can you open the door?
Questions about 打开
What does 打开 mean?
打开 (dǎkāi) means “to open”.
How do you pronounce 打开?
打开 is pronounced dǎkāi.
Which HSK level is 打开?
打开 is in HSK 2 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 打车dǎchēto take a taxi
- 打电话dǎdiànhuàto make a phone call
- 打球dǎqiúto play ball
- 打工dǎgōngto work part-time
- 打算dǎsuànto plan
- 打印dǎyìnto print
- 打破dǎpòto break
- 打听dǎtingto ask about
- 打败dǎbàito defeat
- 打雷dǎléito thunder
Learn 打开 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 19: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.