興 – entertain, revive, retrieve

16 strokesTaught in grade 5#734 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 興 means entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is コウ、キョウ (kou, kyou); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おこ.る、おこ.す (okoru, okosu). It is written with 16 strokes, under radical 臼 (no. 134).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	コウ	kou
On’yomi	キョウ	kyou
Kun’yomi	おこ.る	okoru
Kun’yomi	おこ.す	okosu

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 臼 (Kangxi radical 134). Components: 臼・口・ハ・冂・一.

Words using 興

興味きょうみinterest (in something)興奮こうふんexcitement新興しんこうrising振興しんこうpromotion興業こうぎょうpromotion of industry復興ふっこうrevival余興よきょうperformance (at a party or banquet, etc.)興じるきょうじるto amuse oneself

Example sentences

あなたは花に興味がありますか。

Are you interested in flowers?

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観客は彼のホームランに興奮した。

His home run excited the crowd.

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政府は工業の振興計画を開始した。

The government started a program to promote industry.

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Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.