起句

qǐjù
  1. (poetry) first line of a poem
  2. first line of a poem

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 起 qǐ
  1. to rise
  2. to raise
  3. to get up
  4. to set out
  5. to start
  6. to appear
  7. to launch
  8. to initiate (action)
  9. to draft
  10. to establish
  11. to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. verb suffix, to start
  13. starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. classifier for groups: batch, group
=2 句 gōu variant of 勾 gōu
=2 句 jù
  1. sentence
  2. clause
  3. phrase
  4. classifier for phrases or lines of verse
=2 句 gòu
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
  2. a surname
  3. alternative form of 彀 (gòu, “to draw a bow”)
  4. used in 句當／句当, alternative form of 勾當 /勾当
=2 句 qú
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)
  2. alternative form of 絇 /𰬆 (jù, “a kind of shoe ornament or decoration”)