KANJI: RITSU RYUU RITTORU ta (stand,stand up, rise, leave)

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Character Etymology:

From a stylized pictograph of a person standing on the ground. Originally it meant to stand still, then to stand up, and by extension it came to mean to leave.

A Listing of All On-Yomi and Kun-Yomi Readings:

on-yomi: RITSU RYUU RITTORU
kun-yomi: ta(tsu) -ta(tsu) ta(chi-) ta(teru) -ta(teru) ta(te-) tate- -ta(te) -da(te) -da(teru)

Nanori Readings:

Nanori: tachi taっ tatsu date tsui

English Definitions:

1. RYUU RITSU: standing.
2. ta(tsu): stand, rise; rouse oneself; be built; be established; go up (in smoke); burn out; depart; take flight; run high (on waves); stick into; save (face); spread (rumors); shut (doors); be active; open (markets); be excited.
3. ta(teru): stand something up, set up, raise; set on edge; build, errect; lay (plans); render (services), perform; make (tea); save (face).
4. ta(taseru): make stand, set upright, raise, lift up; rouse.
5. ta(chi): start, departure; (a charcoal fire) burning out.
6. ta(tchi): standing up (juvenile).
7. ta(te): leading part; leading actor.
8. ta(chi-hadakaru): stand in one's way, confront.
9. rittoru: liter.
10. -ta(teru): up (as in to stir up noise).
11. ta(chi)-: standing; emphatic prefix.

Character Index Numbers:

New Nelson: 4223
Henshall: 73

Unicode Encoded Version:

立

Unicode Encoded Compound Examples:

自立 (jiritsu): independence.
立ち入る (ta(chi)-i(ru)): enter; penetrate; interfere in, be inquisitive.
目立つ (meda(tsu)): to stand out.

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