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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
- —絶起oversleeping and hence feeling despair
- —起始start; beginning
- —不起incurable (illness); bedridden (for the rest of one's days)
- —起亜Kia (car company)
- —起重機crane; derrick
- —起動時startup (point in) time
- —起磁力magnetomotive force
- —縁起物talisman; lucky charm
- —追起訴supplementary indictment
- —起工式groundbreaking or cornerstone-laying ceremony
- —起動機starter
- —起訴状(written) indictment
- —起電力electromotive force
- —起電機electric generator
- —起請文religious oath in writing; written vow to the gods
- —起爆剤detonator; priming; primer; trigger; impetus; spark
- —起爆薬triggering explosive
- —起震車earthquake simulation vehicle
- —起業家entrepreneur; person who starts a new business
- —起毛筋erector pili (muscle fiber attached to a hair follicle); erectores pilorum