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Kanji Detail for 立 - "to stand, to establish, standing"

立

  • Meaning

    立 means "to stand, to establish, standing."

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

    2. To establish - To set up; to found.

    3. Standing - In an upright position.

    4. To erect - To build; to construct.

    5. Immediately - At once; right away.

    6. Position - Status; standpoint.

  • Words using 立

    • 立場 たちば Listen position; situation; viewpoint
    • 国立 こくりつ Listen national; founded and run by the central government
    • 対立 たいりつ Listen confrontation; opposition; antagonism
    • 成立 せいりつ Listen formation; establishment; materialization
    • 独立 どくりつ Listen independence; self-reliance; supporting oneself
    • 並立 へいりつ Listen standing abreast
    • 私立 しりつ Listen private (establishment)
    • 設立 せつりつ Listen establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)

  • Four-character idioms with 立

    • 立身出世 りっしんしゅっせ Listen success in life
    • 三者鼎立 さんしゃていりつ Listen three parties (forces) opposing one another; three-cornered contest
    • 不立文字 ふりゅうもんじ Listen Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)
    • 不羈独立 ふきどくりつ Listen free and independent
    • 厳正中立 げんせいちゅうりつ Listen strict neutrality
    • 哀毀骨立 あいきこつりつ Listen losing weight and becoming bony because of grief

  • Tattoo check: 立

    • Verified meaning: to stand, to establish, standing
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read かたし, たかし, たちさき, たちざき)

    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 立

    Given names 立(かたし)Listen 立(たかし)Listen 立(たつ)Listen 立(たつる)Listen 立(たてし)Listen 立(のぼる)Listen 立(りせん)Listen

    Surnames 立(たちさき)Listen 立(たちざき)Listen 立(たつざき)Listen 立(たてさき)Listen 立(たてざき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    stand up; rise; set up; erect

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    stand; let stand; establish, set

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Li

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to stand; to establish, to set up

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

    Standing upright without moving. (Analects) "When standing, do not stand in the center of the doorway." | To establish. Such as 立德 (establish virtue), 立功 (establish merit), 立言 (establish teachings). Seen in (Zuo Zhuan). | To succeed. (Doctrine of the Mean) "All affairs succeed when prepared in advance." Also, a person who possesses ordinary moral character and skills to make a living. Is called having succeeded. (Analects) "Wishing to establish oneself, one also establishes others." | To set up. Such as saying 設立 (establish) and such. | Ascending the throne is called 立. Meaning to stand in the position of ruler. | Immediately. Such as colloquially saying 立時 (at once), 立刻 (immediately). | Volume. Such as 立方 (cubic), 立圓 (spherical).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ritsu(リツ) リツ

    rittoru(リットル) リットル

    ryuu(リュウ) リュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    da.te(だ-て) だ-て

    da.teru(だ-てる) だ-てる

    ta.teru(た-てる) た-てる

    ta.tsu(たつ) たつ

    tachi(たち) たち

    tate(たて) たて

  • Strokes

    tip

    5 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    立 (tatsu・tatsuhen)

  • Related Keywords

    to stand to establish standing create immediately position raise rittoru set up arise assemble begin build construct erect found initiate install organize place plant start station upright

Sentences including 立

  • He thought irritably.

  • He was standing.

  • Just stand there , please.

  • There'll be standing room only.

  • She stood looking out toward the sea.

  • We stood face to face.

  • He stood up to go inside.

  • All of the students stood up together.

  • They stood face to face.

  • He stood still with his eyes closed.

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