起 / Japanese Kanji Meanings & Readings
What does 起 mean?
Get up. To stand up. To start work or activity. The beginning of things.
How to read 起?
Kunyomi... おきる/okiru,おこる/okoru,おこす/okosu,たつ/tatsu
Onyomi... キ/ki
jinmeikun... oki, tatsu, yuki, kazu,
* There are two typical ways of reading kanji, kun-yomi and on-yomi. In addition, there is a reading system called "jinmei kun" which is used only for names.
Other kanji information..
| application |
Can be registered as a Japanese name In Japan, 2999 kanji characters can be registered as names. (In other words, you cannot officially apply for any other kanji as a name.) But if you enjoy it as fiction, no problem. |
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| type | common-use kanji |
| unicode | 8D77 起 (For HTML use) |
起 / related names
- Name:
- koki
- Katakana:
- コウキ
- Name:
- mizuki
- Katakana:
- ミズキ
- Name:
- ritsuki
- Katakana:
- リツキ
- Name:
- itsuki
- Katakana:
- イツキ
- Name:
- ryuki
- Katakana:
- リュウキ
- Name:
- koki
- Katakana:
- コウキ
- Name:
- yukino
- Katakana:
- ユキノ
- Kanji:
- 有起乃
- Meaning:
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- 有To exist. To have. To keep. To hold on to. Also. In addition to. Wealth. Property.
- 起Get up. To stand up. To start work or activity. The beginning of things.
- 乃In other words. For that reason. So. A long time ago. In the past. You. A second-person pronoun for a person of equal or inferior status. The word for "no" is used in particles.
- Name:
- ikki
- Katakana:
- イッキ
- Name:
- masaki
- Katakana:
- マサキ
- Name:
- hideki
- Katakana:
- ヒデキ
- Name:
- koki
- Katakana:
- コウキ
- Name:
- haruki
- Katakana:
- ハルキ
- Name:
- koki
- Katakana:
- コウキ
- Name:
- takayuki
- Katakana:
- タカユキ
- Kanji:
- 啓起
- Meaning:
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- 啓To enlighten. To teach and guide. To admonish. To make understand. To open. To open up. To start things. To make things happen. To be the first to lead. To dispatch people ahead of time. To spearhead an army. To tell. To offer up. To depart. To go out with a person of high rank.
- 起Get up. To stand up. To start work or activity. The beginning of things.
- Name:
- haruki
- Katakana:
- ハルキ
- Name:
- masaki
- Katakana:
- マサキ
- Name:
- satsuki
- Katakana:
- サツキ
- Name:
- yuki
- Katakana:
- ユウキ
- Kanji:
- 悠宇起
- Meaning:
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- 悠Distant in time or space. Far away. Eternal. To go on forever. Relaxed, leisurely. Tranquil. Long-hearted. Not in a hurry.
- 宇Eaves. Roof. A house covered with a large roof. A world covered with a big sky. Infinite space. Heaven. The sky. Spirit. A broad and generous heart.
- 起Get up. To stand up. To start work or activity. The beginning of things.
- Name:
- haruki
- Katakana:
- ハルキ
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