The meaning of 起 is "to rise," "to raise," "to get up," "to start," "to appear," "to launch," "to draft," or "to establish." It also acts as a verb suffix for starting, indicates starting from a place or time, and serves as a classifier for occurrences or groups.
起 的意思是“升起”、“举起”、“起床”、“出发”、“开始”、“出现”、“发起”、“起草”、“建立”，也用作动词后缀表示“开始”，或在地点/时间前表示“从…开始”，还是表示“病例、实例”或“批次、组”的量词。
| Expression | 起 |
|---|---|
| Cangjie | 土人尸山 |
| Meaning | 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/(before place or time) starting from/classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance/classifier for groups: batch, group |
| Reading | hei2 |
| Number | 27 |
| Pinyin | qǐ |
Tags: grade_1
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