Memory phrase for the Kanji: 起


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Meaning wake up, rouse, get up, rise, happen

Pronunciation

KI
okiru, okoru

Explanation

Left: to run 走 (On the earth 土 feet 足 must run), right: one`s self 己 (Following the winding path I find myself.)

Mnemonic


 
For running, you yourself need to wake up and get up.

Radicals

run
I, myself
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 Vocabulary

喚起する かんきする  evocation, arousal, excitation
起きる おきる  to get up, to rise
起す おこす  to raise, to cause, to wake someone
起源 きげん  origin, beginning, rise
引き起こす ひきおこす  to cause
起こる おこる  to occur, to happen
起伏 きふく  undulation
起床 きしょう  rising, getting out of bed
起点 きてん  starting point

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