Ichidan verb, transitive verb

  1. to wrench open, to prize open, to pick (a lock).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
 
 
こじ開ける こじあける
 
 
 
抉じ開ける こじあける

Contained Kanji Breakdown

open, unfold, unseal
カイ ひら.く あ.く (3rd, N4)
gate, counter for cannons
モン かど と (2nd, N2)
open, initiate, begin
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
twenty, twenty or letter H radical (no. 55)
キョウ ク にじゅう (Kentei 1)