开封
開封Meanings
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- 1.to open (sth that has been sealed)
- 1.see 开封市[Kāi fēng Shì]
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- 1.to unseal, to break open a seal
- 2.Kaifeng (a prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital)
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Etymology
The city was named in the late 8ᵗʰ century BCE by the Duke Zhuang of Zheng originally as 啓封 /启封 (qǐfēng), literally opening up a new domain. Later in 156 BCE, for the new emperor's name happened to be 啓／启, the character was displaced by its closest synonym 開／开, hence the current name.
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