Memory phrase for the Kanji: 起


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Meaning

to get up, to rise, to start, to launch, to initiate (action)

Pronunciation

Explanation

Left: to walk/go (On earth feet have to walk.), right: self (Following the winding path I find myself.)

Mnemonic

For walking you yourself need to get up.

Radicals

run
oneselfFollowing the winding path I find myself.
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Vocabulary

 一起  yī qǐ  in the same place; together; with; altogether (in total)
 瞧不起  qiáo bù qǐ  to look down upon; to hold in contempt
 风起云涌  fēng qǐ yún yǒng  lit. rising winds, scudding clouds (idiom); turbulent times; violent development
 唤起  huàn qǐ  to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc)
 玫瑰不管叫啥名,闻起来总是香的  méi guī bù guǎn jiào shá míng , wén qǐ lai zǒng shì xiāng de  A rose by any other name would smell as sweet
 起搏器  qǐ bó qì  artificial pacemaker
 竖起  shù qi  to hold up (high); to raise up
 起迄  qǐ qì  start and end (dates); origin and destination
 迭起  dié qǐ  continuously arising; to arise repeatedly
 高潮迭起  gāo cháo dié qǐ  climaxes arise repeatedly
 崛起  jué qǐ  to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power)
 崛起  jué qǐ  

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