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N4 kanji · 10 strokes

起 means get up

走 run · 己 yourself

起Memory trick

Get yourself (己) running (走) out of bed: to get up.

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Meaning and readings

Meanings
rouse, wake up, get up
JLPT level
N4
Strokes
10
School grade
Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) おきる okiru

おきる (okiru) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.

Other Japanese readings: おこる okoru, おこす okosu, たつ tatsu

From Chinese (onyomi) キ ki

キ (ki) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.

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Common word

起きる おきる · okiru

to get up, to rise

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