Kanji 起: "rouse, wake up, get up"

Stroke order

Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.

Readings

In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.

At a glance

Common words with 起

The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.

• 起おきるto get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire) · to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake
• 起おこすto raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up · to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken
• 起おこるto occur; to happen
• 起おき上あがるto rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
• 起き動どうdémarrage, lancement, mise en marche
• 引ひき起おこすto cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke · to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
• 寝ね起おきlying down and getting up · waking; getting up
• 身みを起おこすto get up (e.g. from bed) · to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
• 体からだを起おこすto rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up
• 早はや起おきgetting up early; early rising · early riser; early bird
• 勃ぼっ起きerection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening · welling up (of an emotion)
• 思おもい起おこすto recall; to remember

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