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起 qǐ rise

If one rises he goes (走 zǒu go) up by him-self (己 jǐ self) and is not lifted. And: The character is pronounced like the character for self (己 jǐ self).

New character and 400 most important characters.
白手起家	báishǒu qǐjiā		white, hand, rise, home	selfmade man: start from scratch	_
从那时起	cóngnà shíqǐ		from, that, time, rise	since then	_
对不起	duìbù qǐ		opposite, not, rise	I'm sorry, excuse me, (you, my opposite, please dont rise in anger!)	_
举起	jǔqǐ		raise, rise	lift	_
看起来	kànqǐ lái		look, rise, come	look like	_
拿起	náqǐ		hold, rise	to grasp	_
起	qǐ		rise	rise, appear, make sth rise, draft, give a name, begin	_
起来	qǐlái		rise, come	as it appears to me, rise, get up, start	_
起名	qǐmíng		rise, name	name sb or sth	_
起诉	qǐsù		rise, tell	bring a suit or an action against sb	_
一起	yīqǐ		one, rise	together	_

New character and 800 most important characters.
供不起	gōngbù qǐ		supply, not, rise	cannot afford, not be able to pay for education	_
供得起	gōngde qǐ		supply, particle, rise	to afford	_
起床	qǐchuáng		rise, bed	get out of bed, get up	_
起飞	qǐfēi		rise, fly	take off, be off to a flying start	_
起身	qǐshēn		rise, body	get up, leave	_
起重机	qǐzhòng jī		rise, heavy, machine	crane	_
听起来	tīngqǐ lái		listen, rise, come	sound	_

New character and 1200 most important characters.
起初	qǐchū		rise, beginning	at the beginning, originally	_
起居室	qǐjū shì		rise, reside, room	living room	_
起源	qǐyuán		rise, origin	originate, begin	_
抬起	táiqǐ		lift, rise	lift, raise sth heavy	_

New character and 1600 most important characters.
升起	shēngqǐ		rise, rise	rise	_

New character and 2000 most important characters.
负起	fùqǐ		carry on shoulder, rise	to shoulder	_
禁不起	jīnbù qǐ		endure, not, rise	be unable to stand	_
圈起来	juānqǐ lái		shut up in a pen, rise, come	shut in a pen	_
起劲	qǐjìn		rise, strength	vigorously, energetically, enthusiastically	_

New character and 2400 most important characters.
隆起	lóngqǐ		grand, rise	swell, bulge, protrude	_

New character and 3200 most important characters.
捡起	jiǎnqǐ		pick up, rise	pick up	_
起哄	qǐhòng		rise, clamor	clamor	_
起垄	qǐlǒng		rise, field: raised path	ridge	_
凸起	tūqǐ		convex, rise	protrude	_