HSK 1 · Daily routine

起床

qǐ chuáng

to get up

Stroke order of 起床

2 characters, 17 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

起 · 10 strokes 床 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

"起" yourself "己" walking "走" away from the wooden "床" bed: get up!

Parts: 起 rise (走 walk + 己 self) + 床 bed (广 shelter + 木 wood)

The characters in 起床

起 qǐ — to get up; to rise (10 strokes)
床 chuáng — bed (7 strokes)

Example sentence

你每天几点起床？

What time do you get up every day?

Words with 起

对不起sorry 起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 一起together 起飞to take off 想起to recall; to remember 看起来to look; it seems

Words with 床

More words: Daily routine

起to get up; to rise 起来to get up; to rise 睡to sleep 睡觉to sleep 穿to wear; to put on 衣服clothes 休息to rest 住to live (somewhere)放to put; to place 拿to take; to hold 找to look for 找到to find

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