Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 1

JLPT level: N4

58 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: stand up, rise, set up, erect

Kunyomi: た.つ -た.つ た.ち- た.てる -た.てる た.て- たて- -た.て -だ.て -だ.てる

Onyomi: リツ リュウ リットル

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たつ

Meaning: stand, erect

Strokes: 5

Examples

Examples with audio

する(どくりつする)   become independent

する(じりつする)   become independent

する(かくりつする)   establish [v.t.], be established

する(せいりつする)   form, be born, be completed

する(たいりつする)   confront

(こくりつ)   national

(しりつ/わたくしりつ)   private (establishment)

派な(りっぱな)   splendid

する(こんりゅうする)   build (temple, monument, etc.)

つ(たつ)   stand up [v.i.]

場(たちば)   standpoint

てる(たてる)   stand (something) up [v.t.]

Onyomi Examples

リツアン planning, devising (a plan), drafting, drawing up

リツゾウ standing statue, standing image

ヘイリツ standing abreast

不成 フセイリツ failure, rejection, rupture

ち木 タチキ standing tree, standing timber

リュウエイ erect tail (of a traditional Japanese hat)

カイリュウ extraction of cubic root

ゾウリュウ erecting (temple, Buddhist statue, etc.)

Kunyomi Examples

たつ to stand, to rise, to stand up, to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position), to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

つ瀬 たつせ predicament, one's ground, one's position

とったつ stand straight up

てる たてる to stand up, to put up, to set up, to erect, to raise, to thrust into, to bury into, to dig into, to make (a noise), to start (a rumour), to raise (a cloud of dust, etc.), to cause, to make, to establish, to set up, to develop, to formulate, to put up (a political candidate), to make (one's leader), to treat with respect, to give (someone) their due, to make (someone) look good, to avoid embarrassing (someone), to sharpen, to make clear, to shut, to close, to make tea (matcha), to perform the tea ceremony, to divide by, to do ... vigorously