启
唘qǐ
#1,318 most
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variant of 啟|启[qi3]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
启 pairs 户, a single door, with 口, added later only as a decorative mark. It first meant opening a door. The sense widened to opening anything, then to beginning, and to enlightening someone.
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