One of the best Japanese Kanji dictionary.

Share this page

Kanji Detail for 起 - "rise, begin"

起

  • Meaning

    起 means "rise, begin." Also associated with occur.

    1. Rise - To stand up; to get up.

    2. Begin - To start; to commence.

    3. Occur - To happen; to take place.

    4. Activate - To make active; to enliven.

  • Words using 起

    • 起訴 きそ Listen prosecution; indictment
    • 起用 きよう Listen appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
    • 提起 ていき Listen raising (a question); posing (a problem); bringing up (an issue)
    • 躍起 やっき Listen desperate; frantic; excited
    • 発起人 ほっきにん Listen originator; promoter
    • 起こす おこす Listen to raise; to raise up; to set up
    • 起源 きげん Listen origin; beginning; source
    • 起草 きそう Listen drafting (e.g. a bill); drawing up

  • Four-character idioms with 起

    • 一念発起 いちねんほっき Listen being resolved to (do something); having a wholehearted intention
    • 起死回生 きしかいせい Listen revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation
    • 七転八起 しちてんはっき Listen not giving up; keeping at it until one succeeds
    • 再起不能 さいきふのう Listen being beyond recovery; having no hope of recovery
    • 奮起一番 ふんきいちばん Listen bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto
    • 武装蜂起 ぶそうほうき Listen armed uprising

  • Tattoo check: 起

    • Verified meaning: rise, begin
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おき, おこし, たつ, たつる)
    • Also carries these associations: occur

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 起

    Given names 起(たつ)Listen 起(はじめ)Listen

    Surnames 起(おき)Listen 起(おこし)Listen 起(たつる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    rouse; wake up; get up

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    rise, stand up; go up; begin

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to rise; to raise; to get up; to set out; to start; to appear; to launch; to initiate (action); to draft; to establish; to get (from a depot or counter); verb suffix, to start; starting from (a time, place, price etc); classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance; classifier for groups: batch, group

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To rise. Raising one's body. Such as 起立 (stand up), 起坐 (get up from sitting). Therefore waking early is also called 起. "Mencius" says "Rise at cockcrow." | All making something lying down stand upright is called 起. Such as saying 扶起 (help up), 豎起 (erect). Therefore building houses is called 起造 (construct). | To start. Such as 起風 (wind rising), 起病 (fall ill). Therefore the beginning of matters is all called 起. Such as 起事 (start an affair), 起首 (beginning). Also one time is called 一起 (one instance).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ki(キ) キ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    o.kiru(お-きる) お-きる

    oko.ru(お-こる) お-こる

    oko.su(お-こす) お-こす

    ta.tsu(たつ) たつ

  • Strokes

    tip

    10 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    走 (hashiru・sonyo)

  • Related Keywords

    rise begin occur activate depart start stir up stand ascend awaken commence elevate erect launch lift mount origin initiate onset climb get up

Sentences including 起

  • All of a sudden , a fire broke out in the movie theater.

  • He did not get up early in the morning.

  • Such things can happen from time to time.

  • He's used to getting up early in the morning.

  • I usually get up at eight.

  • How did all this come about?

  • I stayed up much later when i was a student.

  • It's that time again ! wake up.

  • He is an early riser.

  • I'm not accustomed to getting up early.

Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces

More kanji with the radical 走 (hashiru・sonyo)

See all kanji with this radical →

Share This Page

Share this link via

Or copy link