開化

to become civilized / to be open-minded / (of ice) to thaw

to open / to start / to turn on / to boil / to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc) / to operate (a vehicle) / carat (gold) / abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2] / abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format

variant of 花[hua1]

to make into / to change into / -ization / to ... -ize / to transform / abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]

to publicize / openness (of government, PRC equivalent of "glasnost")

to make public; to bring into the open

Kaihua county in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang

semicivilized