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開く

あく

to open

Mnemonic

The bar lifted clean out of the gate with nobody's hand anywhere near it. The train stops and the right-hand doors go by themselves. Ah あ, ku く: あく.

Worth knowing

Same written form as 開く ひらく. あく is a thing opening on its own, a door, a shop. 開ける あける is you opening it.

Built from

open
門 a gate with two hands lifting the bar out of it.

Also read あく

to become available or vacant

Words sharing these kanji

to open to open, to unlock beginning unfolding, development

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