Japanese symbol for “industries”

興産

こうさん

Romaji: kousan

industry; industries

In Japanese, industries is 興産, read こうさん (kousan).

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Meanings

n industry; industries

Kanji and stroke order

興

entertain, revive, retrieve

on: コウ、キョウ
kun: おこ.る、おこ.す

16 strokes · JLPT 1

産

products, bear, give birth

on: サン
kun: う.む、う.まれる、うぶ-、む.す

11 strokes · JLPT 3

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
興味	きょうみ kyoumi	interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
興奮	こうふん koufun	excitement; stimulation; agitation
振興	しんこう shinkou	promotion; encouragement
新興	しんこう shinkou	rising; developing; emergent
復興	ふっこう fukkou	revival; reconstruction; restoration
興味深い	きょうみぶかい kyoumibukai	very interesting; of great interest
生産	せいさん seisan	production; manufacture
産業	さんぎょう sangyou	industry

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.