起 — 10 strokes ／ Radical「走」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 10 strokes ／ Radical「走」
- On
- キき · ki
- Kun
- お(きる)・お(こす)・お(こる)o(kiru) · o(kosu) · o(koru)
- Meaning
- get up, rise
Stroke order
Origin
走 (run) + 己 (sound) — standing up from sitting to start running: to get up, to rise.
Readings and examples
| Onキきki | 起立きりつ起源きげん奮起ふんき |
|---|---|
| Kunおきるokiru | 起きるおきる早起きはやおき |
| Kunおこるokoru | 起こるおこる Compare: 興る |
| Kunおこすokosu | 起こすおこす Compare: 興す |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 起立きりつ
standing up
- 早起きはやおき
early rising
- 奮起ふんき
- 起床きしょう
- 隆起りゅうき
- 喚起かんき
- 起伏きふく
- 蜂起ほうき
Example
あさ 六時に 起きる。
I get up at six in the morning.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)