Read Edit View history 起 qǐ HSK1 go up Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas qǐ × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 起 Simp strokes 起 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 起 Simp strokes 起 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 起 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 224, 590 ], [ 280, 587 ], [ 350, 600 ], [ 459, 631 ], [ 501, 630 ] ], [ [ 334, 821 ], [ 380, 781 ], [ 370, 504 ], [ 353, 477 ] ], [ [ 84, 416 ], [ 116, 407 ], [ 148, 408 ], [ 288, 442 ], [ 457, 474 ], [ 509, 478 ], [ 526, 473 ] ], [ [ 342, 431 ], [ 372, 402 ], [ 369, 221 ], [ 387, 191 ] ], [ [ 400, 311 ], [ 414, 324 ], [ 468, 335 ], [ 515, 329 ] ], [ [ 229, 361 ], [ 256, 323 ], [ 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