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起 — to rise; to raise; to get up

to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear

Pinyin
qǐ
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 起: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

起 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 起 in the HSK syllabus: 33

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 对不起duìbuqǐI'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardonHSK 1
  2. 起床qǐchuángto get out of bed; to get upHSK 1
  3. 起来qǐláito stand up; to get upHSK 2
  4. 一起yìqǐthe same place; together; in companyHSK 2
  5. 起qǐto rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to startHSK 3
  6. 起飞qǐfēito take off; to lift offHSK 3
  7. 起到qǐdàoto have effect); to play role)HSK 4
  8. 引起yǐnqǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouseHSK 4
  9. 发起fāqǐto originate; to initiate; to launch; to startHSK 5
  10. 了不起liǎobuqǐamazing; terrific; extraordinaryHSK 5
  11. 提起tíqǐto mention; to bring up; to lift; to raiseHSK 5
  12. 看不起kànbuqǐto look down upon; to despiseHSK 6
  13. 看得起kàndeqǐto show respect for; to think highly ofHSK 6
  14. 起初qǐchūoriginally; at first; at the outsetHSK 6
  15. 起点qǐdiǎnstarting pointHSK 6
  16. 起源qǐyuánorigin; to originate; to come fromHSK 6
  17. 兴起xīngqǐto rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be arousedHSK 6
  18. 此起彼伏cǐqǐ-bǐfúup here, down there; to rise and fall in successionHSK 7–9
  19. 迭起diéqǐcontinuously arising; to arise repeatedlyHSK 7–9
  20. 对得起duìdeqǐnot to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy ofHSK 7–9
  21. 唤起huànqǐto waken; to rouse; to evokeHSK 7–9
  22. 激起jīqǐto arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir upHSK 7–9
  23. 崛起juéqǐto rise abruptly; to tower over; to spring upHSK 7–9
  24. 起步qǐbùto set out; to set in motion; the startHSK 7–9
  25. 起草qǐcǎoto make a draft; to draw upHSK 7–9
  26. 起程qǐchéngto set out; to leaveHSK 7–9
  27. 起伏qǐfúto move up and down; to undulate; ups and downsHSK 7–9
  28. 起哄qǐhòngto heckle; rowdy jeering; to create a disturbanceHSK 7–9
  29. 起劲qǐjìnenergetic; vigorous; enthusiasticHSK 7–9
  30. 起码qǐmǎat the minimum; at the very leastHSK 7–9
  31. 起跑线qǐpǎoxiànthe starting line; scratch lineHSK 7–9
  32. 起诉qǐsùto sue; to bring a lawsuit against; to prosecuteHSK 7–9
  33. 掀起xiānqǐto lift; to raise; to surge; to stir upHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.