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起 · rouse, wake up

起 is a kanji meaning rouse, wake up, get up. It has 10 strokes and is on the JLPT N4 list.

On'yomi · from Chinese

  • キki

Kun'yomi · Japanese

  • おきるokiru
  • おこるokoru
  • おこすokosu
  • おこすokosu
  • たつtatsu

Practise the N4 kanji

In 第10巻 JLPT N4, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.

Words that use 起 · 8 in our JLPT lists

Words that use 起
WordReadingMeaningLevel
起きるおきるto get up (e.g., from sleeping); to happenN5
起こすおこすto wake (someone) upN4
起こるおこるto occur, to happenN3
起源きげんorigin, beginning, riseN3
起床きしょうrising, getting out of bedN2
起点きてんstarting pointN1
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More words that use 起
WordReadingMeaningLevel
起伏きふくundulationN1
引き起こすひきおこすto causeN1

Example sentence

起きる時間よ。

おきるじかんよ

Time to get up.

Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · Sentence: Tatoeba #182969 (CC BY 2.0 FR) · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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