開く

• 読み: ひらく
• ローマ字: hiraku
• 漢字の分解: 開 (kai/hira) — to open, to spread
• 発音: /çi.ɾa.kɯ/

意味

To open; to spread out; to unfold. Used both transitively and intransitively for opening broadly.

A Group 1 (godan) verb with a く stem. While 開ける (akeru) focuses on opening doors and containers, 開く (hiraku) has a broader meaning — opening books, holding events, and spreading things out. It can be both transitive and intransitive depending on context.

例文

1. 教科書の十ページを開いてください。
2. 来月、新しいお店が開きます。
3. 花が開くのはとてもきれいです。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, events, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 開 combines 門 (gate) and 开 (to open). The reading ひらく emphasises spreading or unfolding, while あける focuses on doorway-type openings.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal