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IDENTITY

to rise; to get up; to start

HSK 1Top 170

CORE MEANING

to rise; to get up; to start

Part of speech
verb
Register
neutral

Senses

  1. 1.to get upHSK1
  2. 2.to startHSK2

FORM & BREAKDOWN

Radical
walk radical (zǒu)
strokes
10
Structure
semi-enclosed compound
IDS sequence
⿺走巳
    • walking
    • gives the sound qǐ (historical)

USAGE

Common words

起床qǐchuángto get up
一起yìqǐtogether
开始kāishǐto begin

Graded examples

  • 我们一起去看电影吧。Wǒmen yìqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng ba.HSK1

    Let’s go watch a movie together.

RELATIONS

Lookalike — don’t mix up

LEARNING

Memory aid

Setting out on foot (走) from oneself (己) — rising, starting.

HSK version
3.0
Frequency rank
#170
Memory aid
memory-aid

TRUST & SOURCES

Reviewed by
AI-assisted editorial review
Last reviewed
2026-08-15

Sources

  • CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01

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