召开

召

zhào

开

開

ka̅i

to convene (a conference or meeting) / to convoke / to call together

Characters and words in 召开

召

shào = sh + ao4

surname Shao / name of an ancient state that existed in what is now Shaanxi Province

Add a new mnemonic for 召 = 刀 + 口

召

zhào = zh + ao4

to call together / to summon / to convene / temple or monastery (used in place names in Inner Mongolia)

Add a new mnemonic for 召 = 刀 + 口

召 = 刀 + 口 : Mnemonic symbol: an intercom to call everyone together. James II of England (zh) prepares a few mandarins (口) for everyone in the aorta's bathroom (ao4) by cutting them with a cleaver (刀). As he is finished he calls all the blood platelets together (召) over the intercom (召) to come over and fetch a piece.

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开

開

ka̅i = k + ai1

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

Add a new mnemonic for 开 = 一 + 廾

Add a new mnemonic for 開 = 門 + 开

开 = 一 + 廾 : A bottle opener. Karl Marx is sitting in front of the airplane, begging for money. He's playing a flute and has his bottle opener ready for the next beer, but unfortunately, he'll be carried away, his hands cuffed, soon.

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