起

rouse, wake up, get up

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

お.きるお.こすお.こるおこ.すた.つ

Stroke Order

10 / 10

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:10

JLPT:N4

Frequency:374

Vocabulary

キ

Word	Reading	Meaning
喚起	カンキ	arousal; excitation; awakening; evocation
起因	キイン	to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; to stem from; to be due to; cause; origin
起工	キコウ	setting to work
起債	キサイ	issuing of bonds
起死回生	キシカイセイ	revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
引き起こす	ひきおこす	to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
縁起	えんぎ	omen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
縁起	いんえん	omen; sign of luck; origin; history; causation; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
起きる	おきる	to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place
起き上がる	おきあがる	to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

proceed, get, become, tend

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

observance, offer, present, dedicate

pagoda, tower, steeple

filial piety, child's respect

Grade 6JLPT N/A

rare, curious, strange