開く
Reading
Kana:
ひらく
Romaji:
hiraku
Definitions
1
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
2
to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
3
to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
4
to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
5
to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open
6
to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
7
to open (ports, borders, etc.)
8
to open (an account)
9
to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop
See also:
拓く
10
to open (a file, etc.)
(Computer terminology)
11
to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
(Mathematics)
12
to cut open (fish)
(Food term)
Note:
as 魚を開く
13
to change (kanji into hiragana)
14
to flare (e.g. skirt)
15
to slacken (into a poor posture)
(Sports term)
Note:
as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.
Kanji
Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける
Meanings: open, unfold, unseal