起 (qǐ): meaning and stroke order

起 (qǐ) means to rise, to raise, to get up, to set out, to start, to appear, to launch.

起

Simplified: 起
Traditional: 起 (same form)
Pinyin: qǐ

Stroke order of 起

起

qǐ to rise; to raise
10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 起

qǐ
- 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

Radical and structure

起: Radical 走 (Kangxi radical 156) · 10 strokes · built from 走 and 己

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 起

一起 yī qǐ (in) the same place; together; in company (with)
起来 qǐ lai to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
起点 qǐ diǎn starting point
说起 shuō qǐ to mention; to bring up (a subject)
提起 tí qǐ to mention; to bring up; (lit. and fig.) to lift; to raise
想起 xiǎng qǐ to recall; to think of
鼓起 gǔ qǐ to summon one's (courage, faith etc); to puff up (one's cheeks etc)
扬起 yáng qǐ to raise one's head; to perk up
起床 qǐ chuáng to get out of bed; to get up
升起 shēng qǐ to raise; to hoist
响起 xiǎng qǐ (of a sound) to come forth; (of a sound source) to ring out
对不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint

起 in our stories

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他拿起一支笔，在白板上画了三个圈，用最简单的话讲了自己的想法。

tā ná qǐ yì zhī bǐ zài báibǎn shàng huà le sān gè quān yòng zuì jiǎndān de huà jiǎng le zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ

He picked up a pen, drew three circles on the whiteboard and explained his idea in the simplest words he could.

From the story Three circles HSK 4
袁媛和沈佳从小学起就是最好的朋友，几乎每天都在一起。

Yuán Yuán hé Shěn Jiā cóng xiǎoxué qǐ jiùshì zuì hǎo de péngyou jīhū měitiān dōu zài yìqǐ

Yuan Yuan and Shen Jia had been best friends since primary school and spent nearly every day together.

From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4
郭子涵的父母都是医生，从她小时候起，他们就希望她将来也当医生。

Guō Zǐhán de fùmǔ dōu shì yīshēng cóng tā xiǎo shíhou qǐ tāmen jiù xīwàng tā jiānglái yě dāng yīshēng

Guo Zihan's parents were both doctors, and ever since she was little they had hoped she would be one too.

From the story The three-tier cake HSK 5

Stories using 起

Three circles HSK 4
Twelve hours apart HSK 4
The three-tier cake HSK 5
Splitting the mountain to save his mother HSK 5
Mending the fold after the sheep is lost HSK 5
The girl in the painting HSK 5

起死回生 qǐ sǐ huí shēng to rise from the dead (idiom); fig. an unexpected recovery
起飞 qǐ fēi (of an aircraft or rocket) to take off; to lift off; (fig.) (of an enterprise etc) to start to develop rapidly
起码 qǐ mǎ at the minimum; at the very least

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).