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Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 己 represents the sound.
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Historical Evolution
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
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
Japanese
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
起 おき
Oki surname
起 おこし
Okoshi place namesurname
起 たつ
Tatsu given name
起 たつる
Tatsuru unclassified name
起 はじめ
Hajime female given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
起来 [qǐlai] #117
to stand up
起来 [qǐlai] #117
to stand up
一起 [yīqǐ] #132
in the same place
对不起 [duìbuqǐ] #200
unworthy
对不起 [duìbuqǐ] #200
unworthy
引起 [yǐnqǐ] #1,645
to give rise to
想起 [xiǎngqǐ] #1,487
to recall
起床 [qǐchuáng] #2,860
to get out of bed
起诉 [qǐsù] #1,527
to sue
起诉 [qǐsù] #1,527
to sue
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 起きる [おきる] #317
to get up
⭐ 起こす [おこす] #720
to raise
⭐ 起こる [おこる] #748
to occur
⭐ 立ち上がる [たちあがる] #1,326
to stand up
⭐ 起き上がる [おきあがる] #3,680
to rise
⭐ 起動 [きどう] #4,666
startup
⭐ 引き起こす [ひきおこす] #4,944
to cause
寝起き [ねおき] #7,430
lying down and getting up
身を起こす [みをおこす] #9,080
to get up (e.g. from bed)
体を起こす [からだをおこす] #9,228
to rise
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