How to write 起

起 (qǐ) means “to rise”. The 起 stroke order has 10 strokes; the animation above shows them one at a time. Its radical is 走. To practise how to write 起, open writing practice; to hear how to pronounce 起, use the pronunciation trainer.

Words with 起

• 起 — qǐ, 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
• 起床 — qǐ chuáng, to get out of bed; to get up
• 一起 — yī qǐ, in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)