開く
ひらく
Meanings
- 01
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive
to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack
- 02
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive
to bloom; to unfold; to spread out
- 03
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive
to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)
- 04
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive · Transitive
to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
- 05
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open
- 06
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start
- 07
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to open (ports, borders, etc.)
- 08
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to open (an account)
- 09
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop
- 10
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to open (a file, etc.)
- 11
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to extract (root); to reduce (equation)
- 12
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to cut open (fish)
as 魚を開く
- 13
Godan verb (く) · Transitive
to change (kanji into hiragana)
- 14
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive
to flare (e.g. skirt)
- 15
Godan verb (く) · Intransitive
to slacken (into a poor posture)
as 体が開く, 肩が開く, etc.
Pitch accent
Red line shows relative high and low pitch by mora. Pronunciation can vary by region and speaker.
- 開く平板 / 尾高 · Heiban / Odaka
- 開く中高 · Nakadaka