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起

rouse
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingキ
Kun readingお.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ
JōyōGrade 3
  1. to get up
  2. to rise
  3. to blaze up (fire)
  4. to wake up
  5. to be awake

Popular Usage

起きる起す起こる起床起源起点起伏起こす

Radicals and components

Radical走runComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

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run · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土) · mend · snake (乙) · self (自)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 565

Compound words

起きるおきる
to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake
起こるおこる
to occur; to happen
起床きしょう
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
起点きてん
starting point; origin
起伏きふく
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
起源きげん
origin; beginning; source
起こすおこす
to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake
縁起えんぎ
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation
喚起かんき
arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
起因きいん
to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to
起工きこう
setting to work
起債きさい
issuing of bonds
起訴きそ
prosecution; indictment
起草きそう
drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
起動きどう
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
起爆きばく
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
起用きよう
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
起立きりつ
standing up
再起さいき
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
提起ていき
raising (a question); posing (a problem); bringing up (an issue); presenting; instituting (a lawsuit)
突起とっき
protuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump
奮起ふんき
stirring; rousing oneself
勃起ぼっき
erection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)
躍起やっき
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated

Stroke Order

10 strokes

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