What 起 means
Its reading and everyday sense are those of 起.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Education lists this as a mistaken variant of 起 and cites it in 字鑑, a Yuan-era character dictionary. Its note traces confusion among the similar-looking forms 巳, 己, and 已 to Han clerical writing, an early Chinese script style. Shuowen Jiezi, a Han-era character dictionary, glosses 起 as “able to stand.” The CNS source code is 6-3C3B.
Keep it in source-faithful records; ordinary Chinese writing uses 起.
Who writes 起
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Questions people ask
1Why is 起 missing on Windows?
It is a font issue. As of 2026, Taiwan’s CNS11643 page says Windows defaults lack 起; its font package adds it.
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How to type or find 起
- Search it as
- CNS 11643 · CNS 6-3C3B · 起 variant · 起 normalization
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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\2F9D7Codes and encoding1 code points
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HTML hex
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CSS content
content: "\2F9D7";
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%F0%AF%A7%97
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