立 — how to write the kanji for “stand up”

立 means “stand up”, “rise” and “set up”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. In newspapers it is one of the hundred most used kanji (58th). As one of the 214 traditional radicals it heads 34 kanji in KANJIDIC2. Read ritsu, it forms 連立 (“coalition”), 国立 (“national”) and 成立 (“formation”); the native reading ta-tsu gives 立場 (“position”). Chinese reads it lì, “to stand”, at HSK 5.

Strokes: 5
JLPT: N4
Radical: 立 (“stand up”)
On: リツ, リュウ, リットル
Kun: -た·てる, たて-, た·つ

Stroke by stroke

Vertical ㇑topdownwards
Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
Dot ㇔leftdownwards
Left-falling stroke ㇒top rightdownwards
Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards

Japanese and Chinese

Japanese and Chinese draw all 5 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.

Japanese · KanjiVG · 5 strokes

Chinese · Make Me a Hanzi · 5 strokes

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Readings

On (Chinese-derived): リツ ritsu, リュウ ryuu (rare), リットル rittoru (rare)
Kun (native): -た·てる -ta-teru, たて- tate-, た·つ ta-tsu (rare), -た·つ -ta-tsu (rare), た·ち- ta-chi- (rare), た·てる ta-teru (rare), た·て- ta-te- (rare), -た·て -ta-te (rare), -だ·て -da-te (rare), -だ·てる -da-teru (rare)
Meanings: stand up; rise; set up; erect
Read ritsu: 連立国立成立独立並立私立
Read ta-tsu: 立場
School year: first grade
Newspaper rank: 58th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
Korean hanja: 립 rip
Common words: 103 in JMdict

On and kun, explained

Words with 立

Word	Reading	Meaning
立場	たちば tachiba	position; situation
連立	れんりつ renritsu	coalition; alliance
国立	こくりつ kokuritsu	national; founded and run by the central government
対立	たいりつ tairitsu	confrontation; opposition
成立	せいりつ seiritsu	formation; establishment
独立	どくりつ dokuritsu	independence; self-reliance
並立	へいりつ heiritsu	standing abreast
私立	しりつ shiritsu	private (establishment)
設立	せつりつ setsuritsu	establishment; founding
市立	しりつ shiritsu	municipal; city

Most common first (JMdict).

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