to rise; to get up; to start; to begin; to raise; to set off (起风, 起疑); (after a verb) up, or ability (想起, 看不起)
起 is to rise and to start — getting up, starting out, and the up in 想起.
GF0025–2021 character list · 一级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声, the walk radical 半包围-style with 己 as the sound side.
WHOLE CHARACTER
to rise; to get up; to start; to begin; to raise; to set off (起风, 起疑); (after a verb) up, or ability (想起, 看不起)
起 is to rise and to start — getting up, starting out, and the up in 想起.
ZDIC: 形声, the walk radical 半包围-style with 己 as the sound side.
MEANING: TO WALK, TO MOVE
to walk; to go
A standalone character; as a radical it wraps movement meanings (起, 超).
In 起: meaning: to walk, to move Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
SOUND
self
Standalone meaning is kept separate from its sound role.
In 起: sound Sound side per ZDIC: jǐ shares 起's final i and tone 3; the initial differs in aspiration (j/q).
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