啟

See also: 啓 and 启
啟 U+555F, 啟
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-555F
← 啞
[U+555E] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 啠 →
[U+5560]

Translingual
Traditional 啟
Simplified 启
Japanese 啓
Korean 啓

Usage notes

This character form is not found in the Kangxi dictionary and is not used in Japan or Korea (啓 is used instead). However, this character is the preferred form used in Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Han character

啟 (radical 66, 攴+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹口人大 (HROK), four-corner 38604, composition ⿰户攵(G) or ⿰启攵(HT))

Derived characters
  • 闙, 𣘼, 𭨠, 𦘦, 𮮝, 𫫤, 𫹢
  • 啓 (Similar character form)

Descendants

References
  • KangXi: not present, would follow page 196, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3821
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1463, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+555F

Chinese
trad. 啟/啓
simp. 启
variant forms 唘
啓

Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (啓) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
啓 *kʰeːʔ
啟 *kʰeːʔ
棨 *kʰeːʔ
綮 *kʰeːʔ
晵 *kʰeːʔ, *kʰens
闙 *kʰeːʔ
启 *kʰeːʔ

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 啟
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 溪 (29)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 康禮切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /kʰeiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /kʰeiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /kʰɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /kʰɛjX/
Li
Rong		 /kʰeiX/
Wang
Li		 /kʰieiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /kʰieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 qǐ
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 啟
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 qǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ khejX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰˁijʔ/
English open (v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 啟
Reading # 1/1
No. 10129
Phonetic
component		 啓
Rime
group		 支
Rime
subdivision		 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 啓
Old
Chinese		 /*kʰeːʔ/
Notes 啓通用異體見漢簡

Definitions

啟

  1. to open
  2. to enlighten; to educate; to inspire
  3. to start; to begin; to commerce
  4. to inform; to state; to explain
  5. note; short letter
  6. son of Yu the Great, second emperor of Xia Dynasty
  7. A surname​.

Compounds
  • 不好啟齒／不好启齿
  • 丹脣啟秀／丹唇启秀
  • 光啟／光启
  • 公啟／公启
  • 再啟者／再启者
  • 副啟／副启
  • 哀啟／哀启
  • 啟乞／启乞
  • 啟事／启事 (qǐshì)
  • 啟動／启动 (qǐdòng)
  • 啟動程式／启动程式
  • 啟口／启口
  • 啟告／启告
  • 啟問／启问
  • 啟土／启土
  • 啟報／启报
  • 啟奏／启奏
  • 啟封／启封
  • 啟建／启建
  • 啟手足／启手足
  • 啟明／启明 (qǐmíng)
  • 啟智／启智
  • 啟沃／启沃
  • 啟用／启用 (qǐyòng)
  • 天啟／天启
  • 山公啟事／山公启事
  • 徵啟／征启
  • 徵求啟事／征求启事
  • 承上啟下／承上启下
  • 承先啟後／承先启后 (chéngxiānqǐhòu)
  • 承前啟後／承前启后
  • 敬啟者／敬启者 (jìngqǐzhě)
  • 更正啟事／更正启事
  • 書啟／书启
  • 款啟寡聞／款启寡闻
  • 殷憂啟聖／殷忧启圣
  • 臺啟／台启
  • 茲啟者／兹启者
  • 親啟／亲启
  • 謝啟／谢启
  • 警告啟事／警告启事
  • 逕啟者／迳启者
  • 通知啟事／通知启事
  • 道歉啟事／道歉启事
  • 鄂君啟節／鄂君启节
  • 鈞啟／钧启
  • 開啟／开启 (kāiqǐ)
  • 鳴謝啟事／鸣谢启事

Japanese

Kanji
啟

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings
  • On (unclassified): けい (kei)
  • Kun: ひらく (hiraku), もうす (mousu)

Korean

Hanja

啟 • (gye) (hangeul 계, revised gye, McCune–Reischauer kye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

啟 (khải)

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