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Kanji Detail for 起 - "rise, begin, start"

  • Meaning

    起 means "rise, begin, start."

    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.

  • 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).
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Sentences including

  • 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.

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