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起

N4

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • rouse
  • wake up
  • get up

On'yomi (音読み)

  • キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • お.きる
  • お.こる
  • お.こす
  • おこ.す
  • た.つ
Strokes
10
JLPT Level
N4
Frequency
#361
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
走#156 · run

Components

Common Words

  • 起おこりNoun
    source, origin, cause
  • 起訴きそNoun
    prosecution, indictment
  • 起用きようNoun
    appointment (to a position, job, etc.), being used for a role, promotion
  • 提起ていきNoun
    raising (a question), posing (a problem), bringing up (an issue)
  • 決起けっきNoun
    rising to action, standing up against, jumping to one's feet
  • 躍起やっきna-adjective
    desperate, frantic, excited
  • 発起人ほっきにんNoun
    originator, promoter
  • 起こすおこすGodan verb
    to raise, to raise up, to set up

Practice in Kanjiru

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