Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N4
374 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 10
Meaning: rouse, wake up, get up
Kunyomi: お.きる, お.こる, お.こす, おこ.す, た.つ
Onyomi: キ
Composition: 走 己
Radical: 走
Reading: そうにょう
Meaning: run
Strokes: 7
起床する(きしょうする) get out of bed
提起する(ていきする) raise (a question/demand)
起訴する(きそする) prosecute
起きる(おきる) get up, happen [v.i.]
起こす(おこす) wake someone, cause [v.t.]
早起きする(はやおきする) wake up early
起源 (キゲン) origin, beginning, source, rise
起因 (キイン) to be caused by, to result from, to arise from, to stem from, to be due to, cause, origin
突起 (トッキ) protuberance, projection, prominence, bump, boss, process, apophysis
決起 (ケッキ) rising to action, standing up against, jumping to one's feet
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
起こる (おこる) to occur, to happen
起こす (おこす) to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up, to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken, to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce, to start, to begin, to launch, to establish, to found, to set up, to open, to plough, to plow, to till, to fall ill with, to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken), to turn over (a card)
起こす (おこす) to raise, to raise up, to set up, to pick up, to wake, to wake up, to waken, to awaken, to cause, to bring about, to lead to, to trigger, to give rise to, to create, to generate (e.g. heat, electricity), to produce, to start, to begin, to launch, to establish, to found, to set up, to open, to plough, to plow, to till, to fall ill with, to transcribe, to write down (what is spoken), to turn over (a card)
起つ (たつ) to rise up, to initiate (political) action