起 qǐ
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 走 — to walk, to run, to flee
- Made of
- 走 to walk, to run, to flee 己 self, oneself
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
起床
qǐchuáng
to get up (out of bed)
Characters in this word
床 chuáng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 广 — broad, vast, wide
- Made of
- 广 broad, vast, wide 木 tree
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我每天七点起床。 Wǒ měitiān qī diǎn qǐchuáng. I get up at seven every day.
- 你几点起床？ Nǐ jǐ diǎn qǐchuáng? What time do you get up?
- 我起床后喝水。 Wǒ qǐchuáng hòu hē shuǐ. I drink water after I get up.