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起 qǐ — “to get up, to rise”

How to write and say the Chinese character 起 (qǐ), which means to get up, to rise — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Come & go.

Stroke order笔顺

起 is written with 10 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

走 (walk) hints at the meaning, and 己 lends its sound — together they make 起.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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