entries → 啟
TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 字
character · TOCFL B2 (est.)
啟 =
ㄑㄧˇ · qǐ
verb — to open; to start; to enlighten

字源 FORM — what the parts do

a single door leaf
a mouth — the word that bids it open
a hand with a stick — the act of pushing, urging
A door leaf (戶), a mouth (口) speaking it open, a hand striking (攵) it ajar — together they write to open. From the swung door comes 啟動 (to start up) and 啟發 (to open a mind).

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

手持杖()一推,門()開了,)跟著一聲——啟。
A hand with a stick (攵) pushes; the door leaf (戶) swings; the mouth (口) calls it open.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)開啟、啟封— to open常用
啟動、啟程— to start up; to set out
啟發、啟蒙— to enlighten, to teach
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
the variant — same word, same reading, the lower-left written differentlythe door it opens — bare 戶 is the single leaf