Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 7
立 stand
- Meaning
- stand
- On reading
- リツ
- Kun reading
- た(つ)
Memory hook
A person standing on the ground with their feet apart. リツ in compounds, た(つ) on its own.
Words that use 立
立つ
たつ
to stand
私立
しりつ
private (school)
How to write 立
Stroke order · 5 strokes
1
2
3
4
5
- 1. The vertical through the centre.
- 2. The horizontal across the top.
- 3. The vertical on the left.
- 4. The vertical through the centre.
- 5. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
立 is taught on day 27 of the kanji course, alongside 入 出 帰, with two writing passes and a short quiz.