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 (On the earth feet must run), right: one`s self (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

 隆起する  りゅうきする  bulge to protrude
 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

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