EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verb

    curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

    開演は何時ですか。
    What time does the play begin?
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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

open, unfold, unseal

Kun
ひら.くひら.き-びら.きひら.けるあ.くあ.ける
On
カイ
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
59 of 2500
Radical
gate
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Used in names as

はるひらき

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-8-4SKIP code
8e4.6The Kanji Dictionary
7744.1Four corner code
3855deroo
958bUnicode hex code
1-19-11JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4950Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
6393New Nelson (John Haig)
3321New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4121Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2092Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2835Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1622Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1750Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
80A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1821Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
550Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
41233Morohashi
241A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
396Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
400Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
171sakade
270Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
261henshall3
391Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
290crowley
215Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.13busy_people
1840Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1636Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
kai1Pinyin reading
gaeKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

performance, act, play, render, stage

On
エン
Strokes
14
Taught
Grade 5
JLPT
N3
Frequency
267 of 2500
Radical
water
WaniKani
Level 23

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-3-11SKIP code
3a11.13The Kanji Dictionary
3318.6Four corner code
361deroo
6f14Unicode hex code
1-17-73JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2685Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3310New Nelson (John Haig)
697New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
855Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
491Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
630Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2007Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2163Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
222A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2079Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
806Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
18130Morohashi
621A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
344Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
344Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
553sakade
708Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
650henshall3
785Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
413crowley
616Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1239Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2026Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yan3Pinyin reading
yeonKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
23WaniKani level