Chinese Character 起 Meanings and components.
Form
起
Meaning
- 起 meaning[3] in English
To Rise.
To Raise.
To Get Up.
Main Components
By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 起 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are to walk (走) , and 6th earthly branch: … (巳)
Its radical[1] is: 走 (zou3) which means: To Walk, To Go, To Run, To Move (Of Vehicle), To Visit, To Leave, To Go Away, To Die (Euph.), From, Through, Away (In Compound Verbs, Such As 撤走[Che4 Zou3]), To Change (Shape, Form, Meaning), .走
In cangjie it is written with GOSU
How to write 起
To write起 you should write a combination of 走 , 巳 arranged in a 吅 shape:
走 + 巳 = 起
起 Stroke Order
The order of the strokes to write 起 should be followed in this specific way.
Components Tree
The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 起, looks as follow:
起
Pinyin:qi3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: 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