| Kanji | 起 | 
|---|---|
| Onyomi | キ | 
| Kunyomi | お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ | 
| English | rouse, wake up, get up | 
| Examples | 起こす(おこす): to raise; to cause; to wake someone 起源(きげん): origin; beginning; rise 起こる(おこる): to occur; to happen 起床(きしょう): rising; getting out of bed 引き起す(ひきおこす): to cause; to induce 起点(きてん): starting point; origin 起伏(きふく): (1) undulation (2) ups and downs; highs and lows 起きる(おきる): (1) to get up; to rise (2) to wake up (3) to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place | 
| JLPT Level | 4 | 
| Jouyou Grade | 3 | 
| Frequency | 374 | 
| Components | 走: run 己: self; snake; serpent | 
| Number of Strokes | 10 | 
| Kanji Radical | 走 | 
| Radical Number | 156 | 
| Radical Strokes | 7 | 
| Radical Reading | はしる・そうにょう | 
| Traditional Form | (none) | 
| Classification | 形声 Phonetic | 
| Keyword | rouse | 
| Koohii Story 1 | Be careful when you´re RUNNING through the jungle, because you might step on and ROUSE a sleeping SNAKE. Then you´ll have to RUN like hell before it bites you! | 
| Koohii Story 2 | Nothing will rouse you quite as much as finding a snake in your bed. You will run away like you´ve never run before! | 
| RTK Index (new) | 565 | 
Tags: jlpt.n4, grade3, kanjifreq251-500
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