起
Decomposition
Pinyin & 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
Pronunciation Clues
The component 己 is pronounced as 'jǐ' (ji3). It has the same pinyin final.