Zi:起

起 [qǐ] rise, start; 起​来 get up, arise; 起​床 get out of bed; off/up/out; ​对​不起 excuse me; (HDZ:) … [qi] (​口​语) ​绑起​来 bǎngqilai

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):

►hei2 ​起 V. to build, construct ‖ keoi5 dei6 hai2 ni1 dou6 wui5 hei2 lau4/2 佢哋喺呢度會起樓 They will construct a building here ‖ ngo5 soeng2 hai2 taai3 gwok3 hei2 uk1 我想喺泰國起屋 I want to build a house in Thailand ◆A.M. 【See also 咗 zo2】 ind. completed action ‖ fung1 seon3 se2 hei2 mei6 aa3 封信寫起未啊? Have you finished writing your letter?

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹qǐ* ​起 {A} v. ①rise; get up ②raise; build ‖ Nǐ shuō de huà ∼le zuòyòng. 你说的话∼了作用。 What you have said has had an effect. ③start ‖ cóng jīntiān ∼ 从今天∼ starting from today ④unload; remove ‖ ∼huò ∼货 unload goods ⑤buy; obtain ◆suf. ①(with sense of “up”) ‖ jụ̌∼ qiāng (lái) miáozhǔn 举∼枪(来)瞄准 raise a gun and take aim ‖ shuō∼ zhè jiàn shìr 说∼这件事儿 mentioned this matter ②(as resultative ending) ‖ Wǒ mǎibu∼. 我买不∼。 I can't afford it. ◆m. case; batch; group ‖ fēn sān ∼ chūfā 分三∼出发 set out in three groups

The Shuōwén Seal form of 起(​􀐵) qǐ ‘able to stand/get up’ combines ​走 (zǒu) ‘run/rush (headlong)’, and ​巳(​􂥶) sì ‘fetus’ (phonosemantic); to start to get up, to move from lying down (sleeping on the side, in fetal position; cf. ​夗) into a sitting position, or to stand up, moving from sitting to standing position; formerly wr. ​𨑖(​􀐶​𨑔​𢀽​𨑓).
    Note: In the Seal form 起(​􀐵) the component is ​巳 sì, not ​己 jǐ; today both forms are sometimes seen, but ​己 is standard (GFC), and was rather close phonologically in MC (see below).
    Note: The SW gloss includes ​能​立 ‘able/about to stand up’ with ​能(​􁭂), in which ​厶(​􂥷​㠯​已) yǐ, i.e. ​巳(​􂥶) sì inverted; cf. ​巳, ​以, ​似, ​始.
    Compare: ​巳(​􂥶) sì ← MC /zjiʔ/; ​已(​􂥷​㠯) yǐ ← MC /Øjiʔ/; 起(​􀐵) qǐ ← MC /khjiʔ/; ​己(​􂤸​􂤹​𢀒) jǐ ← MC /kjiʔ/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​圯(​􂚻) yí ‘bridge’; ​䇃(​􁱫​􁱪​竢​􁖂​俟) sì ‘wait’.
    Compare: ​生​气 shēngqì, ​对​不起 duìbuqǐ.
    HDZ: 起 : qǐ : ​由​躺​而​坐, ​由​坐​而​立; (​物​体) ​竖​立, ​耸​立; 起​床; ​飞; ​升起; ​凸起; ​引​动, ​兴起; ​出​发, ​动​身; ​治​愈; (​使​死​者) ​复​活; ​举​用, ​征​聘; ​应​聘, ​出​仕; ​出​身; ​扶​持 (​世​相起​也, cf. ​慉); ​开​始; ​诗​文​结​构​或​章​法​的​开​头; ​兴​建; ​建​立, ​设​置; ​草​拟; ​跑, ​疾​趋; ​翻​动, ​疏​松; ​取​用 (​证​件、​书​信​等); ​搬​运; ​开​征 (​赋​役); ​用​刀​将​肉​横​切​成​薄​片; ​蚕​儿​打​眠​后​脱​壳起​食
►references: Guǎngyùn:253.12; Wieger:84a; Karlgren:AD319,GSR953r; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3476.2; Mathews:548; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1215.15; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:142.0.06; EDOC:1
►components: ​走​己​​巳
►Cantonese: hei/
Shuōwén: ​􀐵(起)
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