Japanese symbol for “stirring”
奮起
ふんき
Romaji: funki
stirring; rousing oneself
In Japanese, stirring is 奮起, read ふんき (funki).
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Meanings
- n, vi, vs stirring; rousing oneself
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “stirring”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豪快 | ごうかい goukai | hearty; tremendous; magnificent |
| 身動き | みうごき miugoki | movement (of one's body); moving about; stirring |
| 勇ましい | いさましい isamashii | stirring; vigorous; rousing |
| ステア | ステア sutea | stirring (a cocktail) |
| 身じろぎ | みじろぎ mijirogi | stirring; slight movement |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 興奮 | こうふん koufun | excitement; stimulation; agitation |
| 奮闘 | ふんとう funtou | strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard |
| 奮戦 | ふんせん funsen | hard fighting |
| 奮発 | ふんぱつ funpatsu | strenuous efforts; exerting oneself; stirring oneself up |
| 発奮 | はっぷん happun | being roused; being stimulated; being inspired |
| 起訴 | きそ kiso | prosecution; indictment |
| 起こる | おこる okoru | to occur; to happen |
| 起こす | おこす okosu | to raise; to raise up; to set up |
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.