Chinese symbol for “rise”
起
qǐ
to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rise is 起 (qǐ), defined as: to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “rise”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 上升 | shàng shēng | to rise; to go up |
| 上涨 (上漲) | shàng zhǎng | to rise; to go up |
| 涨 (漲) | zhǎng | to rise (of prices, rivers) |
| 兴起 (興起) | xīng qǐ | to rise; to spring up |
| 兴 (興) | xīng | to rise; to flourish |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 起.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | (in) the same place; together; in company (with) |
| 引起 | yǐn qǐ | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse |
| 看起来 (看起來) | kàn qǐ lai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| 想起 | xiǎng qǐ | to recall; to think of |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rise”.
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.