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JLPT N3 · Cause & effect

引き起こす

ひきおこす

to cause; to trigger

Stroke order of 引き起こす

5 characters, 22 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

引 · 4 strokesき · 4 strokes起 · 10 strokesこ · 2 strokesす · 2 strokes

Memory trick

引 pull and 起 rise up: you drag something into happening.

Parts: 引 pull + き + 起 wake + こす

The characters in 引き起こす

  • き き — ki (4 strokes)
  • こ こ — ko (2 strokes)
  • す す — su (2 strokes)

Example sentence

不注意が事故を引き起こします。

ふちゅういがじこをひきおこします。

Carelessness causes accidents.

Words with 引

引くto pull引き出しdrawer引っ越すto move house取引deal; transaction引き出すto withdraw割引discount引き算subtraction引用quotation引き分けdraw; tie

Words with 起

起こすto wake (someone) up起こるto happen起きるto get up; to wake up早起きgetting up early

More words: Cause & effect

影響influence; effect効果effect; effectiveness根拠basis; grounds動機motive生じるto arise失敗failure結局after all; in the end従ってtherefore当然natural; of course

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