The kanji 起: meaning, readings and stroke order

起

Meaning: get up, happen
On reading: キ ki
Kun reading: お（きる） okiru、お（こる） okoru、お（こす） okosu
Strokes: 10
Radical: 走 run
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thức dậy, xảy ra (khởi)
Japanese: おきる。おこる。
Korean: 일어나다 (기)
Chinese: 起床、发生

Readings, words and example sentences

キ ki · on reading

起き立りつ
standing up (when told)
先生の合図でみんなで 起き立りつします。
At the teacher's signal, we all stand up.

お（きる） okiru · kun reading

起おきる
to get up, to wake up
毎朝六時に 起おきます。
I get up at six every morning.

お（こる） okoru · kun reading

起おこる
to happen
町で大きな事が 起おこりました。
Something big happened in the town.

お（こす） okosu · kun reading

起おこす
to wake (someone) up
毎朝弟を 起おこします。
I wake up my little brother every morning.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.