variant of 啟|启[qi3]

Qi son of Yu the Great 禹[Yu3], reported founder of the Xia Dynasty 夏朝[Xia4 Chao2] (c. 2070-c. 1600 BC); to open; to start; to initiate; to enlighten or awaken; to state; to inform

door (户) + mouth (口) = open, enlighten, initiate

A door (户) opened by a voice or command (口) — the act of opening leads naturally to enlightening and initiating. To speak through a threshold is to awaken what lies beyond it.

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MouthSemantic
A single-leaf doorSemantic

这本书发了我对世界的思考。

zhè běn shū qǐ fā le wǒ duì shì jiè de sī kǎo。

this book enlightened my thinking about the world.

老师的话示我们要勇敢面对困难。

lǎo shī de huà qǐ shì wǒ men yào yǒng gǎn miàn duì kùn nán。

the teacher's words awakened us to face difficulties bravely.

Words with 启

重启

chóng qǐ

to restart (a machine etc); to reactivate (a postponed project etc)

重新启动

chóng xīn qǐ dòng

to reboot; to restart

开启

kāi qǐ

to start; to begin; to initiate (an era, process, journey etc)

难以启齿

nán yǐ qǐ chǐ

to be too embarrassed to mention sth (idiom)

不愤不启

bù fèn bù qǐ

a student shall not be enlightened until he has tried hard by himself (idiom)

自启

zì qǐ

(of a machine, app etc) to start on its own; to autostart

冷启动

lěng qǐ dòng

to cold start (a vehicle, a computer etc)

哀启

āi qǐ

obituary (archaic term)

启事

qǐ shì

announcement (written, on billboard, letter, newspaper or website)

启动

qǐ dòng

to start (a machine)

启动区

qǐ dòng qū

boot sector (computing)

启动子

qǐ dòng zi

promoter

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