启
variant of 啟|启[qi3]
启
=
口
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户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
variant of 啟|启[qi3]
启
=
口
+
户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
启
=
口
+
户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform
启
=
口
+
户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
启 character breakdown
mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls
Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).
a household / door / family
Characters with 启 as component
to open / to start / to initiate / to enlighten or awaken / to state / to inform
启
=
口
+
户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC)
启
=
口
+
户
:
The Queen of Hearts (qi) is informing (启) every member on the space station that from now on she has to be greeted with 启奏万岁 whenever someone wants to see her in the space station (Ø3). Furthermore, anyone visiting her has to bring a mandarin (口) as a present. She writes this rules down in orange on a wooden swinging door (户) so that no-one forgets.
Words with 启
to reveal / to enlighten / enlightenment / revelation / illumination / moral (of a story etc) / lesson
to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom) / to find it hard to speak about sth
(of a ship) to set sail / (of an aeroplane) to take off / also written 起航[qi3 hang2]
to follow the past and herald the future (idiom); part of a historical transition / forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
Tianqi Emperor, reign name of fifteenth Ming emperor Zhu Youxiao 朱由校[Zhu1 You2 xiao4] (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627, temple name 明熹宗[Ming2 Xi1 zong1]
Liang Qichao (1873-1929), influential journalist and a leader of the failed reform movement of 1898
deep suffering can lead to enlightenment (idiom) / storms make oaks take deeper root
Xu Guangqi (1562-1633), agricultural scientist, astronomer, and mathematician in the Ming dynasty