Kanji1 / 10
起 kanji
rouse, wake up, get up
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
キ
Kun readings
おきるおこるおこすおこすたつ
Words with 起
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N2起床Popularrising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
- N1起点Popularstarting point; origin
- N1起伏Popularundulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
- N1起源Popularorigin; beginning; source
- —縁起Popularomen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
- —喚起Populararousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
- —起因Popularto be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to; cause; origin
- —起工Popularsetting to work
- —起債Popularissuing of bonds
- —起訴Popularprosecution; indictment
- —起草Populardrafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up
- —起動Popularstartup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
- —起爆Popularignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
- —起用Popularappointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
- —起立Popularstanding up
- —再起Popularcomeback; recovery; restoration; rally
- —提起Popularraising (a question); posing (a problem); bringing up (an issue); presenting; instituting (a lawsuit); lodging; filing (a claim); submitting (a case); lifting up
- —突起Popularprotuberance; projection; prominence; protrusion; bump; boss; process; apophysis
- —奮起Popularstirring; rousing oneself
- —勃起Popularerection (of the penis); becoming erect; stiffening; welling up (of an emotion)