| Chinese Text Project |
| 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 𫎼 𬦗 𧽇 𧽈 𮔸 |
| Mandarin: | qǐ ㄑㄧˇ |
| Cantonese: | hei2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | *kiə̌ |
| Shuowen: | 《走部》起：能立也。从走巳聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·止·起》起：興也，作也，立也，發也，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《廣韻》《正韻》墟里切《集韻》《韻會》口𡴾切，𠀤音杞。《說文》能立也。《釋名》起，舉也。平舉體也。《禮·曲禮》請業則起，請益則起。《孟子》雞鳴而起。又《書·益稷》元首起哉。《疏》言無廢事業。又《禮·孔子閒居》無聲之樂，氣志旣起。《註》起，猶行也。又《禮·儒行》雖危起居，竟信其志。《註》起居，猶舉事動作也。又《論語》起予者，商也。《疏》起，猶發也。又姓。《廣韻》出《何氏姓苑》。又《韻補》叶口舉切。《易林》明德訖終，虎亂滋起。叶上父。又叶去九切。《徐幹·齊都賦》羽族盛興，毛羣盡起。上蔽雲穹，下被臯藪。又𨑖，古文。 |
| Fanqie: | 墟里 (《廣韻·上聲·止·起》) |
| Unihan definition: | rise, stand up; go up; begin |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·八佾》: | 子曰：「起予者商也！」 |
| The Master said, "It is Shang who can bring out my meaning." | |
| 《孟子·盡心上》: | 孟子曰：「雞鳴而起，孳孳為善者，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.' | |
| 《禮記·緇衣》: | 《兌命》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." | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 魏武侯與吳起浮於西河，寶河山之固。 |
| Wei Wuhou and Wu Qi were sailing on the West River, praising the strategic defensibility of the river and mountains. | |
| 《莊子·逍遙遊》: | 蜩與學鳩笑之曰：「我決起而飛，槍1榆、枋，時則不至而控於地而已矣，奚以之九萬里而南為？」 |
| 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?' | |
| 《道德經》: | 人多伎巧，奇物滋起。 |
| The more acts of crafty dexterity that men possess, the more do strange contrivances appear. | |
| 《商君書·去強》: | 國以難攻者，起一得十。 |
| A country that attacks with what is difficult will gain ten points for every one point that it undertakes. | |
| 《孫子兵法·作戰》: | 夫鈍兵，挫銳，屈力，殫貨，則諸侯乘其弊而起，雖有智者，不能善其後矣！ |
| 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. | |
| 《史記·夏本紀》: | 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》: | 多積財而羞無有，重民任而誅不能，此邪行之所以起，刑罰之所以多也。 |
| 《說苑·辨物》: | 晉平公出畋，見乳虎伏而不動，顧謂師曠曰：「吾聞之也，霸王之主出，則猛獸伏不敢起。」 |
| 《春秋繁露·竹林》: | 是故戰攻侵伐，雖數百起，必一二書，傷其害所重也。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷一》: | 故吳起削刑而車裂，商鞅峻法而支解。 |
| 《大戴禮記·主言》: | 曾子起曰：「敢問：何謂『主言』？」 |
| 《白虎通德論·爵》: | 舉從下升，以為人無生得貴者，莫不由士起，是以舜時稱為天子，必先試於士禮。 |
| 《新書·大政下》: | 故世未嘗無聖也，而聖不得聖王，則弗起也。 |
| 《新序·善謀下》: | 四人為壽已畢，起去，上目送之，召戚夫人指示四人者曰：「我欲易之，彼四人輔之，羽翼已成，難動矣。」 |
| 《中論·貴驗》: | 厲王蒙戮，吳起刺之，闇乎此者也。 |
| 《孔子家語·王言解》: | 曾子起，下席而對曰：「敢問何謂王者言？」 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 然也，范雎絀白起，公孫弘抑董仲舒，此同朝共君寵祿爭故邪？ |
| 《論衡·命義》: | 秦將白起坑趙降卒於長平之下，四十萬眾同時皆死。 |
| 《太玄經·太玄文》: | 君子脩德以俟時，不先時而起，不後時而縮。 |
| 《風俗通義·三王》: | 子孫據國而起，功德浸盛，故造美論。 |
| 《孔叢子·嘉言》: | 陳惠公大城，因起凌陽之臺，未終而坐法死者數十人。 |
| 《申鑒·時事》: | 曰：「起而行之，錢不可，如之何？」 |
| 《新語·術事》: | 書不必起仲尼之門，藥不必出扁鵲之方，合之者善，可以為法，因世而權行。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 其制長二尺，短者半之，其次一長一短，兩編下坿篆書，起年月日，稱皇帝曰，以命諸侯王三公，其諸侯王三公之薨于位者，亦以策書誄謚其行而賜之，如諸侯之策 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 孝武帝幸館陶公主家，召見董偃，偃傅青褠綠幘，主贊曰：主家庖人臣偃昧死再拜謁，上為之起，乃賜衣冠，引上殿。 |
| 《墨子·經說下》: | 起於中緣正而長其直也。 |
| 《列子·天瑞》: | 其在少壯，則血氣飄溢，欲慮充起。 |
| 《鶡冠子·天則》: | 上下有閒，於是設防知蔽並起。 |
| 《文子·道原》: | 故曰民多智能，奇物滋起，法令滋章，盜賊多有去彼取此，天殃不起。 |
| 《文始真經·一宇》: | 一情善惡者、自無起有，不可得而秘。 |
| 《鬻子·上禹政第六》: | 是以禹嘗據一饋而七十起，日中而不暇飽食，曰：「吾猶恐四海之士留於道路。」 |
| 《老子河上公章句》: | 以今萬物皆得道精氣而生，動作起居，非道不然。 |
| 《韓非子·存韓》: | 杜倉相秦，起兵發將以報天下之怨而先攻荊，荊令尹患之曰：「夫韓以秦為不義，而與秦兄弟共苦天下。」 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 安國之兵，不由忿起。 |
| 《管子·輕重丁》: | 桓公遽然起曰：「然則為之奈何？」 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 吳起儒服以兵機見魏文侯。 |
| 《六韜·明傳》: | 文王曰：「先聖之道，其所止，其所起，可得聞乎？」 |
| 《司馬法·嚴位》: | 起譟鼓而進，則以鐸止之。 |
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