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起

qǐ
to rise · to raise
Radical: 走 Strokes: 10 HSK 1
Structure: Bottom-left surroundFrequency: Most common
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Character Decomposition
起=走+己
Etymology
walk
Meanings
to rise
to raise
to get up
to set out
to start
to appear
to launch
to initiate (action)
to draft
to establish
to get (from a depot or counter)
verb suffix, to start
starting from (a time, place, price etc)
classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
classifier for groups: batch, group
qǐ
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Words with 起 764 total
Idioms with 起 103 total Chain