唤起

huànqǐ · HSK 7

to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses)

📣 唤 call + 起 rise = call up, evoke; to call something up is to recall it

唤 means to call or summon; 起 means to rise or get up. Together they mean call up or evoke, the sense of bringing a memory or feeling up to the surface.

起 — 走 (run) + 己 (self/phonetic)
起 combines 走 'run/walk' as the meaning component with 己 as the phonetic component. The 走 element suggests movement of the body, giving the core sense of rising up or starting to move. From there it extended to meanings like 'get up,' 'begin,' and 'arise.'

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