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Chinese symbol for “emergence”

崛起
jué qǐ
to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly

The closest CC-CEDICT match for emergence is 崛起 (jué qǐ), defined as: to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

崛 jué
towering; eminent; a sudden rise
radical 46 ⼭ · 11 strokes
起 qǐ
to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
radical 156 ⾛ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 崛起.

WordPinyinMeaning
奇崛qí juéstrange and prominent
崛地而起jué dì ér qǐlit. arising suddenly above the level ground (idiom); sudden emergence of prominent new feature
崛立jué lìto tower over; rising (to a dominant position)
起来 (起來)qǐ laito stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2]
一起yī qǐ(in) the same place; together; in company (with)
引起yǐn qǐto give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse
看起来 (看起來)kàn qǐ laiseemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
想起xiǎng qǐto recall; to think of

See also: Japanese symbol for “emergence”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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