to get up; to rise; to start

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 75th character
Radical ⾛ (156.3)
Strokes 10
Index # 1789

Definitions

起 qǐ
  1. 1. to get up
  2. 2. to rise
  3. 3. to start
  4. 4. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  5. 5. to set out
  6. 6. to initiate (action)
  7. 7. to raise
  8. 8. to launch
  9. 9. to appear
  10. 10. to establish
  11. 11. to draft
  12. 12. to get (from a depot or counter)
  13. 13. verb suffix, to start
  14. 14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15. classifier for groups: batch, group

Stroke order

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Words containing 起

Word Meaning
to stick up; to point sth up
to get together
to be diligent in one's studies
to be diligent in one's studies
to think of; to associate
to think of; to associate
to sound like
to sound like
to feel deep veneration for sb (idiom)
to shoulder (responsibilities etc); to bear
bulge
bulge
to spring up; to rise; to come into vogue
to lift; to raise up; to heave
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towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom)
the first step is the hardest (idiom)
the first step is the hardest (idiom)
(literary) to mushroom; to flourish
to take a fierce look
to take a fierce look