漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
立: stand up, rise
Also: set up, erect
Oracle bone · Shang Small seal · Qin Today
Oracle bone: Wikimedia Commons, traced from Academia Sinica, CC0. Small seal: Academia Sinica 小學堂, CC0. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
リツritsu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 独立するどくりつするbecome independent
- 自立するじりつするbecome independent
- 確立するかくりつするestablish [v.t.], be established
- 成立するせいりつするform, be born, be completed
- 対立するたいりつするconfront
- 国立こくりつnational
- 私立しりつ/わたくしりつprivate (establishment)
- 立派なりっぱなsplendid
リュウryuu · on'yomi
- 建立するこんりゅうするbuild (temple, monument, etc.)
たつtatsu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 立つたつstand up [v.i.]
- 立場たちばstandpoint
たてるtateru · kun'yomi
- 立てるたてるstand (something) up [v.t.]
Also read リットル, -たつ, たち-, -たてる, たて-, たて-, -たて, -だて, -だてる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Pictogram (象形)
A person standing on the ground; compare 大 and 文.
Source: Wiktionary, 立 (rev. 92474276), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“The base kanji for standing, the foundation for all concepts involving being upright, independent, or starting a new endeavor.”
Connections
Also read リツ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read リュウ
9 kanji share this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lì
Same form: 立 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 立 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 立 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lì most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.