This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: キ、お.きる、お.こる、お.こす、おこ.す、た.つ
Romaji: ki, o.kiru, o.koru, o.kosu, oko.su, ta.tsu
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

rouse, wake up, get up

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  10
Radical Number:  156
Frequency:  374
Grade:  3
Skip Pattern:  3-7-3
Korean Reading:  gi
Chinese Reading:  qi3
Unicode:  8d77
JIS:  352F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 3307
Nelson Index: 4541
New Nelson Index: 5849
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 3b7.11
Four Corner Index: 4780.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 250
Gakken Index: 443
Japanese Names Index: 1262
Daikanwanjiten Index: 37048
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0835
Remembering the kanji Index: 526
Busy People Index: 2.15
Kanji Way Index: 246
Kanji Flashcards Index: 256
Kodansha Compact Index: 1755
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 268
Kanji in Context Index: 128
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2079
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2818
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 532
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 565
Essential Kanji Index: 579
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4099
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 1470
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 181
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 352

Words

起こり (おこり)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
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
起源 (きげん)
origin; beginning; rise
起動 (きどう)
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
起点 (きてん)
starting point; origin
起こる (おこる)
to occur; to happen
起用 (きよう)
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
引き起こす (ひきおこす)
to cause; to induce; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
起工 (きこう)
setting to work
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