# 立 stand up

(beret) + (standing worms)
★★★★☆
5 strokes

## Onyomi

RITSU | Stand up and get me some RITZ crackers, you lazy sod.

## Mnemonic

| OK. it looks like a pot. With a lid. Everybody says that. But it means "stand up," so deal. Here is a way to make this marginally acceptable: Two worms stand up from the ground, holding the beret aloft.

## Kunyomi

( を ) た＊つ | I stand up ★★★★★
( が ) た＊てる | Something stands up; something is set up. ★★★★★

## Jukugo

目立つ(めだつ) | to stand out in a crowd. ★★★☆☆ 目 (eye) + 立 (stand up) = 目立つ (to stand out in a crowd.)
自立(じりつ) | independence ★★★☆☆ 自 (my own) + 立 (stand up) = 自立 (independence) sometimes translated as 'independence'、自立 is more an attitude of self-reliance. A kid who gets a job, moves out of her parents' house, who does things for herself.
役に立つ(やくにたつ) | to work like it's supposed to ★★★☆☆ 役 (role) + 立 (stand up) = 役に立つ (to work like it's supposed to) to be useful, to work like it's supposed to (used about things, not humans)
腹が立つ(はらがたつ) | get mad ★★★☆☆ 腹 (entrails) + 立 (stand up) = 腹が立つ (get mad )
県立(けんりつ) の | prefectural ★☆☆☆☆ 県 (prefecture) + 立 (stand up) = 県立 (prefectural) prefectural (hospital, capital, etc.)

## Used In

- 辛
- 泣
- 位
- 章
- 音
- 端
- 翌
- 商
- 童
- 接
- 新
- 粒
- 境
- 競
- 親
- 龍
- 顔
- 竜
- 帝
- 産
- 鏡

## Synonyms

carry out /put into effect 実戦 行う 設ける 制定 実施 創立 成立
composition, organization, structure 構成 構造 組成 成り立ってる 成立
establish or found 設ける 設定する 設立する
great, magnificent 上手 うまい 素敵 立派 素晴らしい 見事
helpful, convenient 役に立つ 便利 都合がいい
point of view 立場 見方 味方 世界観 彼にして見ればxxx
self-reliance 自立 独立