打开

dǎkāi

to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 2 trad. 打開

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

See it in sentences

请打开书。

Please open your books.

他打开电脑开始工作。

He turned on the computer and started working.