Kanji

起

rouse, wake up, get up

Kanji

Grade

Grade 3

Strokes

10 strokes

Radical

走部

On'yomi (Chinese Reading)

キ

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
私は毎朝七時に起きる。

I wake up at seven o'clock every morning.

て て
朝起きて顔を洗う

Wake up in the morning and wash my face.

起こす おこす
毎朝、母が私を６時に起こしてくれる。

My mother wakes me up at 6 every morning.

事故 じこ
彼は不注意で事故を起こしてしまった。

He caused an accident due to his carelessness.

起こる おこる
夜中に大きな地震が起こった。

A large earthquake occurred in the middle of the night.

予感 よかん
何か良いことが起こる予感がした。

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

起き上がる おきあがる
彼はベッドからゆっくりと起き上がった。

He slowly sat up from the bed.

むく むく
彼はむくと起き上がった

He suddenly sat up.

起動 きどう
新しいアプリを起動するのに数秒かかる。

It takes a few seconds to launch the new app.

ＯＳ オーエス
最新のＯＳにアップデートしてから、パソコンの起動が以前より速くなった。

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

Example Vocabulary

起きる

おきる

to wake up; to get up; to occur

起こす

おこす

to wake someone up; to raise; to cause

起こる

おこる

to occur; to happen; to take place

起き上がる

おきあがる

to sit up; to get up; to rise (from lying down)

起動

きどう

start-up; boot; activation; launch

引き起こす

ひきおこす

to cause; to trigger; to lead to

体を起こす

からだをおこす

to sit up; to raise one's body

寝起き

ねおき

waking up; just after waking; living together

身を起こす

みをおこす

to rise in the world; to make a success of oneself; to sit up

勃起

ぼっき

erection; to rise up suddenly

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