Radical 走

10 strokes

walk 走 (275) + snake 巳 (275a) = rise up 起

This is an example of a character where “snake” is often replaced by “self ” (see 275a). In fact, using “self ” is more usual nowadays (as shown in the main character entry here), but “snake” makes for a more memorable story!

起床 (171) qǐ chuáng to get up (from bed)

一起 (1) yìqǐ together

起来 (65) qǐlái stand up, rise up

从…起 (103) cóng A qǐ starting from A

对不起 (154, 9) duìbuqǐ excuse me, sorry

You take your pet snake for a walk— you’ve trained it to rise up to greet your friends. / Teddy wants to take a photo of it. “Say Cheese!” he says.