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Glyph origin
— a pair of hands opening a latched door. and are combined into  since the seal script.

Compare.

Etymology 1
According to STEDT, from. Cognate with, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

The word is possibly a colloquial variant of. 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬 are Chinese loans.

Definitions

 * 1) to open; to unlatch; to unfasten
 * 2) to start; to turn on; to switch on
 * 3) to make an opening; to open up
 * 4)  to open out; to bloom
 * 5)  to thaw
 * 6) to begin; to start
 * 7) to start; to set up; to open
 * 8) to remove (a ban or restriction)
 * 9) to boil
 * 10) to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.)
 * 11) to book (a hotel room)
 * 12) to operate/run a business
 * 13) to hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.)
 * 14) to pay
 * 15) to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
 * 16) apart; away
 * 17)  to eat up
 * 1) to remove (a ban or restriction)
 * 2) to boil
 * 3) to write out (a prescription, check, invoice, etc.)
 * 4) to book (a hotel room)
 * 5) to operate/run a business
 * 6) to hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.)
 * 7) to pay
 * 8) to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
 * 9) apart; away
 * 10)  to eat up
 * 1) to operate/run a business
 * 2) to hold (a meeting, exhibition, etc.)
 * 3) to pay
 * 4) to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
 * 5) apart; away
 * 6)  to eat up
 * 1) to operate; to drive (a vehicle)
 * 2) apart; away
 * 3)  to eat up
 * 1) apart; away
 * 2)  to eat up
 * 1) apart; away
 * 2)  to eat up
 * 1) apart; away
 * 2)  to eat up
 * 1)  to eat up
 * 1)  to eat up
 * 1)  to eat up
 * 1)  to eat up
 * 1)  to eat up


 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)
 * 1)  to spend (money)

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 2
Borrowed from.

Definitions

 * 1) karat measure of gold purity

Kanji

 * 1) open

Etymology
From.

Affix

 * 1) open
 * 2) start; beginning

Etymology
From.