EntryCommon
  1. Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb

    appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

    最終回にピンチヒッターが起用された。
    A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.
Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
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
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

utilize, business, service, use, employ

Kun
もち.いる
On
ヨウ
Strokes
5
Taught
Grade 2
JLPT
N4
Frequency
107 of 2500
Radical
use
WaniKani
Level 3

Built from

Used in names as

たから

Dictionary and index codes (34)
CodeReference
3-2-3, 4-5-1SKIP code
2r3.1The Kanji Dictionary
7722.0Four corner code
3653deroo
7528Unicode hex code
1-45-49JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
2993Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
3721New Nelson (John Haig)
2976New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3694Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1889Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2569Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1181Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1265Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
102A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
193Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
110Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
21703Morohashi
215A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
107Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
107Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
146sakade
219Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
235henshall3
116Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
177crowley
308Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
2.19busy_people
1329Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1189Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
yong4Pinyin reading
yongKorean reading
n4JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
3WaniKani level