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起こる

おこる

to occur, to happen

Mnemonic

Standing up out of nothing at all. The same okay おこ as 起きる, and not the ochre おこ of 怒る: nobody caused this one and nobody is angry about it. It simply happened: おこる.

Worth knowing

The 起 family: 起きる happens and also gets you up, 起こす causes it or wakes somebody, 起こる only ever happens. One vowel from 怒る おこる, to get angry.

Built from

rise, get up
走 run + 己 self

Also read おこる

to get angry, to scold

Words sharing these kanji

to occur to get up, to get out of bed to bring about, to cause to wake up

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