A liquid crystal display, comprising: a first insulating substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a pixel electrode formed on the top surface of the first insulating substrate, and the pixel electrode having a first opening pattern (160, 161, 170); a second insulating substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a common electrode formed on the bottom surface of the second insulating substrate, the common electrode having a second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340); a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first opening pattern (160, 161, 162, 170) and the second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) face each other and divide the pixel electrode into a plurality of sub-regions, the plurality of sub-regions comprising a first sub-region having two longest sides parallel to each other and extending in a first direction and a second sub-region having two longest sides parallel to each other and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the first opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) includes an upper T-shaped opening and a lower opening respectively formed in the upper and lower region of the pixel electrode, said upper T-shaped opening comprising a base and an opening, said base is parallel to the lower opening and extends from the first long side to the second long side of said pixel electrode, and upper opening portions (310,320) of the second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) overlap the base of the T-shaped opening of the pixel electrode. a first insulating substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a pixel electrode formed on the top surface of the first insulating substrate, and the pixel electrode having a first opening pattern (160, 161, 170); a second insulating substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; a common electrode formed on the bottom surface of the second insulating substrate, the common electrode having a second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340); a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first opening pattern (160, 161, 162, 170) and the second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) face each other and divide the pixel electrode into a plurality of sub-regions, the plurality of sub-regions comprising a first sub-region having two longest sides parallel to each other and extending in a first direction and a second sub-region having two longest sides parallel to each other and extending in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein the first opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) includes an upper T-shaped opening and a lower opening respectively formed in the upper and lower region of the pixel electrode, said upper T-shaped opening comprising a base and an opening, said base is parallel to the lower opening and extends from the first long side to the second long side of said pixel electrode, and upper opening portions (310,320) of the second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) overlap the base of the T-shaped opening of the pixel electrode. wherein the first opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) includes an upper T-shaped opening and a lower opening respectively formed in the upper and lower region of the pixel electrode, said upper T-shaped opening comprising a base and an opening, said base is parallel to the lower opening and extends from the first long side to the second long side of said pixel electrode, and upper opening portions (310,320) of the second opening pattern (310, 320, 330, 340) overlap the base of the T-shaped opening of the pixel electrode.