起 (okiru) Kanji Meaning: "Wake up" | Learn Kanji with Pictures

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Drawing: The sun's up, so you jump out of bed: wake up.

起 means wake up

get up, rouse

The sun's up, so you jump out of bed: wake up.

On'yomi

  • キki

Kun'yomi

  • お(きる)okiru
  • お(こる)okoru
  • おこ(す)okosu
  • た(つ)tatsu

How it's built

  • 走run
  • 己self

Common words

  • 起立きりつstanding up
  • 起工きこうsetting to work
  • 発起人ほっきにんoriginator; promoter
  • 起こるおこるto occur; to happen

Through history

  1. Seal script form of 起Seal
  2. Today

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