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| Simplified Chinese version |
| 起 U+8D77 |  Seal script | 𡆡 Semantic variant | 𨑓 Semantic variant | 𨑔 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 走+ 3 strokes = 10 strokes total. |
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| References: | Guangyun: p.253#12 Kangxi: p.1215#15 Cihai: p.1284r2c03 GSR: 953.r Hanyu: v5,p3476#02 |
| Composition: | Bottom-left: 走, top-right: 己. Compositionally related: 起 . Component of: 𠺬 𤠳 𭡳 𬏌 𧽇 𧽈 𫎼 𬦗 𮔸 |
| Mandarin: | qǐ ㄑㄧˇ |
| Cantonese: | hei2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *kiə̌ |
| Shuowen: | 《走部》起：能立也。从走巳声。 |
| Guangyun: | 《广韵·上声·止·起》起：兴也，作也，立也，发也，又姓出何氏姓苑。墟里切，六。 |
| Kangxi: | 《康熙字典·走部·三》起：〔古文〕𨑓𡆡𨑔《广韵》《正韵》墟里切《集韵》《韵会》口𡴾切，𠀤音杞。《说文》能立也。《释名》起，举也。平举体也。《礼·曲礼》请业则起，请益则起。《孟子》鸡鸣而起。又《书·益稷》元首起哉。《疏》言无废事业。又《礼·孔子闲居》无声之乐，气志旣起。《注》起，犹行也。又《礼·儒行》虽危起居，竟信其志。《注》起居，犹举事动作也。又《论语》起予者，商也。《疏》起，犹发也。又姓。《广韵》出《何氏姓苑》。又《韵补》叶口举切。《易林》明德讫终，虎乱滋起。叶上父。又叶去九切。《徐干·齐都赋》羽族盛兴，毛羣尽起。上蔽云穹，下被臯薮。又𨑖，古文。 |
| Fanqie: | 墟里 (《广韵·上声·止·起》) |
| Unihan definition: | rise, stand up; go up; begin |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《论语·八佾》: | 子曰：“起予者商也！” |
| The Master said, "It is Shang who can bring out my meaning." | |
| 《孟子·尽心上》: | 孟子曰：“鸡鸣而起，孳孳为善者，舜之徒也。” |
| Mencius said, 'He who rises at cock-crowing and addresses himself earnestly to the practice of virtue, is a disciple of Shun.' | |
| 《礼记·缁衣》: | 《兑命》曰：‘惟口起羞，惟甲胄起兵，惟衣裳在笥，惟干戈省厥躬。’ |
| It is said in the Charge to Yue (III, viii, Sect. 2, 4), "It is the mouth which gives occasion to shame; they are the coat of mail and helmet which give occasion to war. The upper robes and lower garments (for reward) should not be taken (lightly from) their chests; before spear and shield are used, one should examine himself." | |
| 《扬子法言》: | 魏武侯与吴起浮于西河，宝河山之固。 |
| Wei Wuhou and Wu Qi were sailing on the West River, praising the strategic defensibility of the river and mountains. | |
| 《庄子·逍遥游》: | 蜩与学鸠笑之曰：“我决起而飞，枪1榆、枋，时则不至而控于地而已矣，奚以之九万里而南为？” |
| A cicada and a little dove laughed at it, saying, 'We make an effort and fly towards an elm or sapanwood tree; and sometimes before we reach it, we can do no more but drop to the ground. Of what use is it for this (creature) to rise 90,000 li, and make for the South?' | |
| 《道德经》: | 人多伎巧，奇物滋起。 |
| The more acts of crafty dexterity that men possess, the more do strange contrivances appear. | |
| 《商君书·去强》: | 国以难攻者，起一得十。 |
| A country that attacks with what is difficult will gain ten points for every one point that it undertakes. | |
| 《孙子兵法·作战》: | 夫钝兵，挫锐，屈力，殚货，则诸侯乘其弊而起，虽有智者，不能善其后矣！ |
| Now, when your weapons are dulled, your ardor damped, your strength exhausted and your treasure spent, other chieftains will spring up to take advantage of your extremity. Then no man, however wise, will be able to avert the consequences that must ensue. | |
| 《史记·夏本纪》: | 乃歌曰：“股肱喜哉，元首起哉，百工熙哉！” |
| He then sang as follows, 'When the members are happy, the head is exalted, and the various kinds of work are happily performed.' | |
| 《荀子·大略》: | 多积财而羞无有，重民任而诛不能，此邪行之所以起，刑罚之所以多也。 |
| 《说苑·辨物》: | 晋平公出畋，见乳虎伏而不动，顾谓师旷曰：“吾闻之也，霸王之主出，则猛兽伏不敢起。” |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 是故战攻侵伐，虽数百起，必一二书，伤其害所重也。 |
| 《韩诗外传·卷一》: | 故吴起削刑而车裂，商鞅峻法而支解。 |
| 《大戴礼记·主言》: | 曾子起曰：“敢问：何谓‘主言’？” |
| 《白虎通德论·爵》: | 举从下升，以为人无生得贵者，莫不由士起，是以舜时称为天子，必先试于士礼。 |
| 《新书·大政下》: | 故世未尝无圣也，而圣不得圣王，则弗起也。 |
| 《新序·善谋下》: | 四人为寿已毕，起去，上目送之，召戚夫人指示四人者曰：“我欲易之，彼四人辅之，羽翼已成，难动矣。” |
| 《中论·贵验》: | 厉王蒙戮，吴起刺之，暗乎此者也。 |
| 《孔子家语·王言解》: | 曾子起，下席而对曰：“敢问何谓王者言？” |
| 《潜夫论·贤难》: | 然也，范雎绌白起，公孙弘抑董仲舒，此同朝共君宠禄争故邪？ |
| 《论衡·命义》: | 秦将白起坑赵降卒于长平之下，四十万众同时皆死。 |
| 《太玄经·太玄文》: | 君子修德以俟时，不先时而起，不后时而缩。 |
| 《风俗通义·三王》: | 子孙据国而起，功德浸盛，故造美论。 |
| 《孔丛子·嘉言》: | 陈惠公大城，因起凌阳之台，未终而坐法死者数十人。 |
| 《申鉴·时事》: | 曰：“起而行之，钱不可，如之何？” |
| 《新语·术事》: | 书不必起仲尼之门，药不必出扁鹊之方，合之者善，可以为法，因世而权行。 |
| 《独断·卷上》: | 其制长二尺，短者半之，其次一长一短，两编下坿篆书，起年月日，称皇帝曰，以命诸侯王三公，其诸侯王三公之薨于位者，亦以策书诔谥其行而赐之，如诸侯之策 |
| 《蔡中郎集·独断》: | 孝武帝幸馆陶公主家，召见董偃，偃傅青褠绿帻，主赞曰：主家庖人臣偃昧死再拜谒，上为之起，乃赐衣冠，引上殿。 |
| 《墨子·经说下》: | 起于中缘正而长其直也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 其在少壮，则血气飘溢，欲虑充起。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天则》: | 上下有闲，于是设防知蔽并起。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 故曰民多智能，奇物滋起，法令滋章，盗贼多有去彼取此，天殃不起。 |
| 《文始真经·一宇》: | 一情善恶者、自无起有，不可得而秘。 |
| 《鬻子·上禹政第六》: | 是以禹尝据一馈而七十起，日中而不暇饱食，曰：“吾犹恐四海之士留于道路。” |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 以今万物皆得道精气而生，动作起居，非道不然。 |
| 《韩非子·存韩》: | 杜仓相秦，起兵发将以报天下之怨而先攻荆，荆令尹患之曰：“夫韩以秦为不义，而与秦兄弟共苦天下。” |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 安国之兵，不由忿起。 |
| 《管子·轻重丁》: | 桓公遽然起曰：“然则为之奈何？” |
| 《吴子·图国》: | 吴起儒服以兵机见魏文侯。 |
| 《六韬·明传》: | 文王曰：“先圣之道，其所止，其所起，可得闻乎？” |
| 《司马法·严位》: | 起噪鼓而进，则以铎止之。 |
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