Glyph Origins

Radical ⾨ (169)

開 (U+958B)

{啟/開/闙} *kʰˤ[e]ʔ “to open” → {闓} *[kʰ]ˤəiʔ “to open”

GATE + ♪ *KE(R). Later a synonymous word {闓} became the main one for this glyph.

  • 陳劍 2015 - 《容成氏》補釋三則
  • 張富海 2018 - 清華簡零識四則