NichiDict

ひらく

N5
開く
[hiraku]
Illustration for 開く

Meanings

1.GodanIntransitiveTransitive

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack

2.GodanIntransitiveTransitive

to bloom; to unfold; to spread out

3.GodanIntransitiveTransitive

to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)

4.GodanIntransitiveTransitive

to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

5.GodanTransitive

to hold (meeting, party, etc.); to give; to open

6.GodanTransitive

to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start

7.GodanTransitive

to open (ports, borders, etc.)

8.GodanTransitive

to open (an account)

9.GodanTransitive

to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop

10.GodanTransitive

computingto open (a file, etc.)

11.GodanTransitive

food, cookingto cut open (fish)

12.GodanIntransitive

to flare (e.g. skirt)

13.GodanIntransitive

sportsto slacken (into a poor posture)

14.GodanIntransitive

go (game)to extend

Less common meanings (2)
15.GodanTransitiveJargon

mathematicsto extract (root); to reduce (equation)

16.GodanTransitiveJargon

to change (kanji into hiragana)

Other Readings

開く」 has another reading with different meanings.

Examples

窓を開いて空気を入れた。

I opened the window to let in air.

来月この町に新しい店が開く

A new store opens in this town next month.

扉を開いた瞬間に冷たい風が吹き込んできた。

The moment I opened the door, cold wind blew in.