Zi:起

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[] rise, start; 起​ get up, arise; 起​ get out of bed; off/up/out; ​起 excuse me; (HDZ:) … [qi] (​) ​起​ bǎngqilai

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 起 qǐ ‘able to stand/get up’ combines ​ (zǒu) ‘run/rush (headlong)’, and ​ sì ‘fetus’ (phonosemantic); to start to get up, to move from lying down (sleeping on the side, in fetal position; cf. ​) 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 ​ sì, not ​ jǐ; today both forms are sometimes seen, but ​ is standard (GFC), and was rather close phonologically in MC (see below).
    Note: The SW gloss includes ​ ‘able/about to stand up’ with ​, in which ​(​) yǐ, i.e. ​ sì inverted; cf. ​, ​, ​, ​.
    Compare: ​ sì ← MC /zjiʔ/; ​(​) yǐ ← MC /Øjiʔ/; 起 qǐ ← MC /khjiʔ/; ​(​𢀒) jǐ ← MC /kjiʔ/ (SBGY).
    Compare: ​ yí ‘bridge’; ​(​) sì ‘wait’.
    Compare: ​ shēngqì, ​起 duìbuqǐ.
    HDZ: 起 : qǐ : ​, ​; (​) ​, ​; 起​; ​; ​起; ​起; ​, ​起; ​, ​; ​; (​使) ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​; ​ (​起​, cf. ​); ​; ​; ​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​ (​、​); ​; ​ (​); ​; ​起​
►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
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