开朗
kāilǎng · HSK 7
clear up (of weather)
🌤️ 开 (open) + 朗 (bright/clear) = the sky opens up and brightens — weather clearing
朗 means bright or clear, as in 明朗. Pair it with 开 (to open) and you get the sense of clouds parting and light breaking through. The same word also describes an open, cheerful personality.
开 — two hands 廾 + door 门 (open gate)
Originally written 開, showing two hands (廾) lifting the bar (一) off a gate (門) to open it. The simplified form 开 keeps the two-hands element and drops the gate. Core meaning 'to open' extended to 'start, operate, bloom'.