起
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
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #196 U+8D77
How 起 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
走 (semantic, “walk”) + 己 (phonetic, jǐ)
How to remember it
begin · Heisig RSH #516
走 walk + snake
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 己
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 己 (jǐ) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 己 sound component | jǐ | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem |
| 配 | pèi | to blend, to mix; to fit, to match |
| 纪 | jì | discipline, age; period, era; record, annal |
| 忌 | jì | jealous, envious; to fear; to shun |
| 杞 | qǐ | willow, medlar tree; a small feudal state |
| 岂 | qǐ | what; how |
| 芑 | qǐ | white millet |
| 圮 | pǐ | destroyed, ruined; to injure; to subvert |
| 屺 | qǐ | a grassy knoll; a barren knoll |
Words containing 起
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 风生水起 | fēng shēng shuǐ qǐ | lit. a breeze springs up and creates waves on the water (idiom); fig. flourishing; thrivin… |
| 白手起家 | bái shǒu qǐ jiā | (idiom) to build up from nothing; to start from scratch |
| 平地起家 | píng dì qǐ jiā | to start from scratch (idiom) |
| 不起眼儿 | bù qǐ yǎn r | erhua variant of 不起眼[bu4 qi3 yan3] |
| 一病不起 | yī bìng bù qǐ | to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom) |
| 起小儿 | qǐ xiǎo r | erhua variant of 起小[qi3 xiao3] |
| 发起人 | fā qǐ rén | proposer; initiator; founding member |
| 起电机 | qǐ diàn jī | electrostatic generator |
| 不起眼 | bù qǐ yǎn | unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary |
| 起子 | qǐ zi | baking soda (used to leaven bread); screwdriver; bottle opener |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with); altogether; in total; an instance of; a … |
| 起头 | qǐ tóu | to start; at first; beginning |
| 太平天国起义 | Tài píng Tiān guó Qǐ yì | Taiping Rebellion (1850–1864), a massive rebellion in southern China against the Qing Dyna… |
| 经不起 | jīng bu qǐ | can't stand it; to be unable to bear; to be unable to resist |
| 起重机 | qǐ zhòng jī | crane |
| 起小 | qǐ xiǎo | since childhood |
| 起家 | qǐ jiā | to start out by; to grow an enterprise beginning with; to begin one's career by |
| 起名儿 | qǐ míng r | erhua variant of 起名[qi3 ming2] |
| 平地起风波 | píng dì qǐ fēng bō | trouble appearing from nowhere; unforeseen situation |
| 白起 | Bái Qǐ | Bai Qi (-258 BC), famous general of Qin 秦國|秦国, the victor at 長平|长平 in 260 BC; same as 公孫起|… |