启
啟Qi3
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Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
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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