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CHINESE CHARACTER

qǐ

起

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aspect marker

Numbered pinyin: qi3
English meanings: [aspect]

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Enclosed from the lower left structure

Enclosed from the lower left arrangement: outside 走; inside 己.

Outside
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Inside

Meaning & sound clues

走 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “walk”.

己 is identified as the sound component (jǐ). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 起.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿺走己

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)

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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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01
wǒ我měi每tiān天qī七diǎn点qǐchuáng起床。
I get up at seven every day.
02
tā他zhàn站le了qǐlai起来。
He stood up.
03
wǒmen我们shuō说qǐ起zhè这jiàn件shì事。
We talked about this.
04
fēng风qǐ起le了。
The wind is rising.
05
cóng从jīntiān今天qǐ起，wǒ我kāishǐ开始duànliàn锻炼。
Starting today, I begin to exercise.
06
tái抬qǐ起tóu头lái来。
Raise your head.

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