Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'su' ending, Transitive verb

    to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy)

    彼の大胆な計画は大きな論争を巻き起こした。
    His bold plan gave rise to much controversy.
  2. to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

Also written 捲き起こす【まきおこす】

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)

Kun
ま.くまきま.き
On
カンケン
Strokes
9
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N2
Frequency
944 of 2500
Radical
oneself
WaniKani
Level 25

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (31)
CodeReference
2-6-3, 4-9-2SKIP code
0a9.11The Kanji Dictionary
9071.7Four corner code
1056deroo
5dfbUnicode hex code
1-20-12JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
1466Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1545New Nelson (John Haig)
2645New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3273Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1691Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2298Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1207Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1292Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
636A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
975Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
885Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
8759PMorohashi
826A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
507Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
516Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
493Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
841henshall3
878Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
715Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
555Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1215Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
juan4, juan3Pinyin reading
gweonKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
25WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

rouse, wake up, get up

Kun
お.きるお.こるお.こすおこ.すた.つ
On
Strokes
10
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N4
Frequency
374 of 2500
Radical
run
WaniKani
Level 10

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-7-3SKIP code
3b7.11The Kanji Dictionary
4780.1Four corner code
1470deroo
8d77Unicode hex code
1-21-15JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4541Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5849New Nelson (John Haig)
3307New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4099Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2079Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2818Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
526Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
565Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
443A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1262Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
579Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
37048Morohashi
250A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
373Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
374Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181sakade
256Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
268henshall3
352Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
246crowley
128Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.15busy_people
1755Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
532Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qi3Pinyin reading
giKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level