起 – rouse, wake up, get up

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The kanji 起 means rouse, wake up, get up. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is キ (ki); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ (okiru, okoru, okosu, okosu, tatsu). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 走 (no. 156).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	キ	ki
Kun’yomi	お.きる	okiru
Kun’yomi	お.こる	okoru
Kun’yomi	お.こす	okosu
Kun’yomi	おこ.す	okosu
Kun’yomi	た.つ	tatsu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 走 (Kangxi radical 156). Components: 走・土・已.

Words using 起

起きるおきるto get up起こすおこすto raise起源きげんorigin起こるおこるto occur起床きしょうrising (from one's bed)起点きてんstarting point起伏きふくundulation引き起こすひきおこすto cause

Example sentences

６時ごろ起きた。

I got up at about six.

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お子さんはまだ起きているのですか。

Is the kid still up?

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「事故が起きれば、すぐにわかるよ」と彼は言う。

"If there is an accident," he says, "they will know right away."

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Kanji with the same radical

超走越趣赴

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