开封

Traditional form:

開封

Pinyin (reading):

Kāifēng

Definitions:

• Kaifeng prefecture-level city in Henan, old capital of Northern Song, former provincial capital of Henan
• old name Bianliang 汴梁 ( Biànliáng)

Characters:

• 开 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 封 - envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal

Traditional characters:

• 開 - to open; to start, to initiate, to begin
• 封 - envelope, letter; to confer, to grant; feudal