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起 (pinyin qǐ, "to rise") is an HSK 2 Mandarin character with 10 strokes, built on the radical 走.

起

New
qǐ

to rise

Tone 3 · Third tone (dipping)

Radical
走
Strokes
10
HSK
2 · tier 2b

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Radical family

Other characters built on the same radical 走. Often shares meaning category.

Pinyin neighbors

Characters with the same rime -i, same-tone matches first. Many are true phonetic relatives; others are coincidental.