# 起 — Wake Up

Frequency rank 240 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 流 (Stream), less common than 形 (Shape).

- On’yomi: き
- Kun’yomi: お
- Radical: 走 Run (Kangxi 156)
- Frequency path: Level II of XX

The man folded into the coin locker has been out cold for two days when the runner tears past and sprays gravel through the vent into his open mouth.

In words:

- 起きる おきる — to get up
- 起す おこす — to wake
- 起こる おこる — to occur,to happen

[Study 起](https://app.kanjidrift.com/study?kanji=%E8%B5%B7)

[← Rank 239: 形 (Shape)](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/形.md) · [Rank 241: 流 (Stream) →](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/流.md)

[HTML](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency/起/) · [Full ranking](https://kanjidrift.com/frequency.md)