開端

start / beginning

end / extremity / item / port / to hold sth level with both hands / to carry / regular

old variant of 端[duan1] / start / origin

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