Kanji

起

rouse, wake up, get up

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

走部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)

おきる, おこる, おこす, おこす, たつ

Nanori (Name Reading)

おき, おこす, かず, たつ, ゆき

Common Readings

キ, お…きる, お…こす, お…こる

Example sentences

起きる おきる
毎朝 起きる

I wake up at seven o'clock every morning.

起き 洗う

Wake up in the morning and wash my face.

起こす おこす
毎朝 6時 起こしてくれる

My mother wakes me up at 6 every morning.

事故 じこ
不注意 事故 起こしてしまった

He caused an accident due to his carelessness.

起こる おこる
夜中 大きな 地震 起こった

A large earthquake occurred in the middle of the night.

予感 よかん
何か 良い こと 起こる 予感 した

I had a feeling that something good was about to happen.

起き上がる おきあがる
ベッド から ゆっくり 起き上がった

He slowly sat up from the bed.

むく むく
むく 起き上がった

He suddenly sat up.

起動 きどう
新しい アプリ 起動する 数秒 かかる

It takes a few seconds to launch the new app.

OS オーエス
最新 OS アップデート して から パソコン 起動 以前 より 速く なった

Since updating to the latest OS, the computer starts up faster than before.

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